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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
Patrick Stump
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Patrick Stump
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 27
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Patrick Vaughn Stump
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Patrick Martin Stumph
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