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During the Eighties, when I was hurting for money, I thought, Hang on a minute - I can paint. I was living in New York and I thought it would get the grocery money coming in, and it escalated from there.
Ronnie Wood
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Ronnie Wood
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 1
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