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I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that in somehow the chips capture the soul of a player, that's patent nonsense.

Elvis Costello

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