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I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records.
Elliott Smith
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Elliott Smith
Age: 34 †
Born: 1969
Born: August 6
Died: 2003
Died: October 21
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Singer-Songwriter
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Omaha
Nebraska
Steven Paul Elliott Smith
Steven Paul Smith
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