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I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

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I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.

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What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison.

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From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected - I was very tall and skinny, and I didn't look like anybody else, I didn't even look like any member of my family.

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I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.

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C'mon, I mean who didn't listen to 'The Who' in the 60s?

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Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

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We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

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A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

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People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 30th, 1946

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