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I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them.

Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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