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I've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me trying to write a Gordon Lightfoot song.

Jimmy Buffett

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Jimmy Buffett
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 25
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