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What is the best music is impossible to define. Just because it's played by a virtuoso player, doesn't mean it's great music. It might not reflect the soul of a people, which is really my criteria for great music.

Mickey Hart

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Mickey Hart
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 11
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Brooklyn
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Micheal Stephen Hartman
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