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An audience is not brought to you or given to you it's something that you fight for.

Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
Long Branch
New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
The Boss
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Hey man, did you see that? His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud.
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Let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly, yeah, this is the long good-bye.
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The one thing I wished for my children is that they'd be readers.
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