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It's what's on the record not what labels on it. You know, that's like getting a box of cornflakes and eating the cardboard.

Elvis Costello

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Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
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Guitarist
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London
England
Declan Patrick MacManus
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
Declan MacManus
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