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I don't want to make a record like in the '50s or the '60s or the '70s. I want to make a record like today, that`s right now.

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
The Boss
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