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I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.

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Black Francis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 6
Guitarist
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Boston
Massachusetts
Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Frank Black
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