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I'm always nervous when I perform anyway.

Jarvis Cocker

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Jarvis Cocker
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 19
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Sheffield
England
Jarvis Branson Cocker
Perform
Anyway
Nervous
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