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No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.
Andrew Bird
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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
Fiddler
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Jazz Musician
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Chicago
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Andrew Wegman Bird
Andrew W. Bird
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People who are thinking about your music almost as much as you are, that almost never happens.
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