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Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing. I'll just say this really quickly - they used to divide the money for the music that was written in two, just equal halves.

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Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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