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The moment you begin to depend on audience reaction, you're doing the wrong thing. You're doin' it wrong, it's a mistake, it's not right. You can't allow yourself, no matter what, to depend on them.

Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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