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I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done.

Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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Long Branch
New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
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