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I think that, when you're writing your songs, there's always a debate about whether, is that you in the song? Is it not you in the song?

Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
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