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I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that.
Black Francis
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Black Francis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 6
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Boston
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Frank Black
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