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I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends.

Dave Grohl

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Dave Grohl
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 14
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