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I actually started as a singer in Brooklyn, and I lived in a community. To get out of the ghetto of my community, I was a musician.

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Charlemagne Palestine
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 15
Carillonneur
Composer
Organist
Performance Artist
Photographer
Pianist
Singer
Visual Artist
Brooklyn
New York
Chaim Moshe Tzadik Palestine
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