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I think the other thing that shaped me a little bit is that I really didn't have any success in music until my early to mid-30s.
Craig Finn
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Craig Finn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 22
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I guess the drinking and the drugs are interesting to me because the way we use them and our society uses them, we kind of manufacture highs and lows.
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The Catholic influence just comes from being raised Catholic, going to church every Sunday, being confirmed, going to church on holy days. So it's coming from where I am. It serves the purpose of having people who have a base or foundation where they know what's right.
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