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I always want to do something that just sort of fits the mood. It's supposed to help the song, it's not supposed to take away from the song or re-contextualize it. I always feel like the less you make it a conceptual territorial debut, the better.

Ariel Pink

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Ariel Pink
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 24
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