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Every now and then I'll get seduced by the idea of money, and I'll take a stab at that...and I fall flat on my ass. I've never written a lasting song with that mindset. It doesn't work.

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Rodney Crowell
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 7
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Houston
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