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I can't relate to the process of just disappearing and writing a record, all at the same time, followed by the sort of drudgery of going out on tour and trying to recreate the record, playing the same 12 songs every night.

Andrew Bird

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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
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