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Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out.

Jeff Tweedy

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