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I believe in freedom Freedom's apparently all I need But who's ever been free in this world? Who has never had to bleed in this world?

Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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