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As performers grow older, I reckon there are two ways they can go. They can either be up there, playing more deeply from their guts than ever, or they can be phoning it in so crassly that it leaves a lump in your throat as you leave the venue at the end of the show.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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