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TED NUGENT AT THE CROSSROADS!

My name is Ted Nugent. I'm just 12 years old, but someday I'll either be a big rock 'n' roll star, or a ballet dancer.

October 1, 1980

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My name is Ted Nugent. I'm just 12 years old, but someday I'll either be a big rock 'n' roll star, or a ballet dancer.) can't make up my mind. Mom says I should play rock 'n' roll, but she makes me listen to terrible music that I don't like at all. I think it'd be more fun to wear ballet slippers and really express myself as a thinking, feeling person. Can you understand that? I hope so. I've choreographed all these ballets that I'd like to dance in, too. One's called "Wango Tango." Another one—mom hates it—is "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang." But, I dunno. Maybe I'll just pretend to play rock 'n' roll, if it'll make mom happy. Who knows, maybe one day I will be a big star. And I wonder what all my fans'll think if they ever find out that I don't even like rock 'n' roll, that I'd rather be a ballet dancer I Oh well, it'd never happen, anyway. Who'm I kidding?^

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