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If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

Alan Sugar

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Alan Sugar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 24
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