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I continue to write. It's just one of those things that I do. I'll have periods when I write and periods when I don't. But you don't want it to become a discipline really. If it becomes a discipline, it becomes a chore and that's no good.

Greg Lake

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Greg Lake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1947
Born: November 10
Died: 2016
Died: December 7
Bassist
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Opera Singer
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Parkstone
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Gregory Stuart Lake
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