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I sing my heart out to the wide open spaces I sing my heart out to the infinite sea I sing my vision to the sky-high mountains I sing my song to the free.
Pete Townshend
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Pete Townshend
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 19
Banjoist
Composer
Guitarist
Mandolinist
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Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
London
England
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend
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