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I don't need to fight / To prove I'm right / I don't need to be forgiven
Pete Townshend
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Pete Townshend
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 19
Banjoist
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Guitarist
Mandolinist
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Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
London
England
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend
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Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won't mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play.
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