“I like ABBA and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. And E. L. O., and Funkadelic. Wait. Mommy, are they the same thing?”

On some of her favorite musicians ( The New Yorker https://archive.is/20130630000738/www.newyorker.com/printables/talk/020909ta_talk_mnookin September 9, 2002

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