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I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

Maynard James Keenan

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Maynard James Keenan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 17
Composer
Guitarist
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Record Producer
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Ravenna
Ohio
James Herbert Keenan
Mitchell
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