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I think that if everybody changed and tried to make their music political, it'd be kind of a bummer.

Jack Johnson

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Jack Johnson
Age: 68 †
Born: 1878
Born: March 31
Died: 1946
Died: June 10
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Galveston
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John Johnson
John Arthur Johnson
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