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Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
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We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another... We took care of one another... In the end, we kept faith in each other.
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