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I can't read or write music. When I want to remember something, I try to remember all the keys on the piano. Which is what I still do. I put the numbers on the keys. And that's got to become music again.
Melvin Van Peebles
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Melvin Van Peebles
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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