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" Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off. "

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" It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn't be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off. "

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