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For me, we're all comfortable, we're all happy, hopefully, but at the same time something will happen and you have to kind of understand that phenomenon. You have to understand what's going on and I've always been fascinated by craziness and lunacy.

Richard Patrick

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Richard Patrick
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: May 10
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Needham
Massachusetts
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