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I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.
Andrew Bird
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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
Fiddler
Film Editor
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Singer-Songwriter
Chicago
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Andrew Wegman Bird
Andrew W. Bird
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