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The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally otherwise, forget it.
Al Jourgensen
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Al Jourgensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 9
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Alain David Jourgensen
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It's all downloading. As a matter of fact, within five years, there will be no CDs.
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There are people all over the world starving and here we are trying to get pot delivered for free we felt kind of guilty.
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