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I'm not interested in forcing my music on people, and that's what the whole music industry nowadays is based on is forcing stations to play it, forcing people to listen to it.

John Frusciante

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John Frusciante
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 5
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Trickfinger
John Anthony Frusciante
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