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I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place.
Neil Diamond
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Neil Diamond
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 24
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Neil Leslie Diamond
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