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You want the world to be what you want it to be, and sometimes the world doesn't want that.

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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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