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To try to please people is an endless chasing of one's own tail. That's not very satisfying, so we do what we like and that satisfies us. When it does work out, its a bonus, really.

Wayne Coyne

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Wayne Coyne
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 13
Film Director
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Wayne Michael Coyne
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