A Quote by Frankie Cosmos
I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me.
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The other thing that was very noticeable on that tour, not so much in the video, was the new young element that were coming to our shows... I started to see some very young people in the audience... maybe 14, 15, 16 years old.
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