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I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.

Dave Matthews

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Dave Matthews
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 9
Actor
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Guitarist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
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