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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
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Everything
Always
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Revising
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That's really what keeps me playing live - appreciation. And I guess I've made a lot of wiggle room for myself to try different things and discover what I'm doing, and the audience accepts it.
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During those formative times, I really didn't know what was going on, and I was sort of torn in a thousand different directions with how I felt about what I was doing.
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I have a strong impulse to protect history and time and the lineage of events.
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I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.
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From day one, I was already famous in my own head. It didn't take anything to make me feel that way. I know I'm totally not famous. I mean, it just depends on your perspective.
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