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Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child.

Ian Anderson

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Ian Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 10
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
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Ian Scott Anderson
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