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I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So Im always looking for that angle in my own work.

Brad Paisley

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Brad Paisley
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 28
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