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You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Thought
Anything
Music
Always
Determined

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