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Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.

Dave Grohl

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Dave Grohl
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 14
Drummer
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David Eric Grohl
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