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I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.

Ariel Pink

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Ariel Pink
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 24
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
LA
California
Permanent
Songs
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Song
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Everything
Always
Never
Revising

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