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Frank Zappa
Age: 52 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 21
Died: 1993
Died: December 4
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Frank Vincent Zappa
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I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white.
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Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
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I ain't the type for begging, I am not the type to plead. If she don't change those evil ways, I'm gonna make her bleed.
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Don't mind your make-up, you'd better make your mind up.
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