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I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time.
Ryan Adams
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Ryan Adams
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 5
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I no longer know the author of this book, for simply stopping long enough and writing it down was where I changed from a boy with his eyes squeezed shut to a man with his eyes wide open so that the sunlight might reach my heart despite all that darkness.
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Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.
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