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"I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible."

Ahmet Zappa, American Musician

Mother, Bed, Ritual

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"I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible."

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"I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible."

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