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The noise around us determines how we speak. And how we listen. Just as a conversation suffers in a war zone, art suffers in a culture built on noise. So does our enjoyment of it.

Michael Gungor

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Michael Gungor
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 11
Singer-Songwriter
Wisconsin
United States
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