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Anything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement.
Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa
Age: 52 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 21
Died: 1993
Died: December 4
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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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