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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable.
Beck
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Beck
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: July 8
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I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.
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