Tamra Davis Quotes

My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York.

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• My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York.

  

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  • Connection