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I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.
Lyle Lovett
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Lyle Lovett
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 1
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Film Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
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Houston
Texas
Lyle Pearce Lovett
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