A Quote by Tunde Adebimpe

My father was a psychiatrist and a social worker but he was a very talented painter and musician and writer on the side.

Tunde Adebimpe

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Father Musician Painter Psychiatrist Side Social Social Work Social Worker Talented Very Worker Writer

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Tunde Adebimpe
American - Musician
Born: February 25, 1975

I had to run away from home in order to be a musician. Because I came from a family of... my father was a health inspector; my mother was a social worker. And I was pretty smart in school. So they expected me to be some kind of academic - schoolteacher, or doctor, lawyer - and they were very disappointed when I told them I wanted to be a musician.

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