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In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God, we're actually playing in THE Kremlin!

Alan Parsons

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Alan Parsons
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 20
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