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It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Adventure
Identity
Doesn
Stills
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Adventurous
Contain

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