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I don't think there is anything hard at all about having a lot of songs. It makes it easier to be less precious about them, and know that everybody's going to want to work on some of them.

Jeff Tweedy

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Jeff Tweedy
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 25
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Belleville
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Jeffrey Scot Tweedy
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