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Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think

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Kim Gordon
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: April 28
Actor
Fashion Designer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Visual Artist
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Rochester
New York
Kim Althea Gordon
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I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.
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I think of myself as unconventional. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite wanting to get some recognition through performing - but also not always wanting to do the expected thing.
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