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Most artists I know had one person in their life who told them they were the second coming of the baby Jesus, and another person that told them they weren't worth anything, and they believed them both, you know?

Bruce Springsteen

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