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Some of us are born with a weakness for music. As a baby, music would stop whatever thought I was having. If I was worried, it would stop me worrying if I was crying, it would stop me crying. Music was a healing thing for me.

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Andrea Bocelli
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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