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Sometimes the European and North American public like some things to be exotic and kept at arm's length. They don't want sometimes to know that foreign artists are doing something that's at least as relevant as what's being done here.
David Byrne
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David Byrne
Age: 119
Born: 1905
Born: May 6
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