Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López Quotes

It felt like something was calling me to Israel, and that I had to go there to discover it. I don't know how else to explain it. In my head, I was thinking it was something about music, something I needed to hear. So I booked a plane ticket and left the next day.

Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López At the Drive-In

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• It felt like something was calling me to Israel, and that I had to go there to discover it. I don't know how else to explain it. In my head, I was thinking it was something about music, something I needed to hear. So I booked a plane ticket and left the next day.

  

  Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López At the Drive-In
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