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I think if you're a lady playing a guitar, other ladies need to see you playing the guitar, and they don't need to see men come out and fix your equipment for you. It just looks incredibly pussy. So I just do it all myself.
Neko Case
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Neko Case
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 8
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City of Alexandria
Virginia
Neko Richelle Case
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I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.
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I always end up working with people that do a really good job, so I'm the only one that I'm worried about disappointing me, not the musicians ever.
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I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.
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