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For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing in.

Bruce Springsteen

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