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Neil Young is my hero. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That's what that guy does.

Dave Grohl

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Dave Grohl
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 14
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Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there's old luggage, a couple of bikes. It's big enough to put one minivan in. That's it. No dartboard. I'm so not macho.
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