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Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative.

Jerry Harrison

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Jerry Harrison
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 21
Guitarist
Record Producer
Songwriter
Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
Jeremiah Griffin Harrison
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