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Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.
David Lee Roth
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David Lee Roth
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 10
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I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
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On parties it's not about who you are. The real reason to which a party revolves is how good you look.
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In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian that's left-wing.
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