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On Heartbreaker, I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did those songs. I communicated the way I did those songs.
Ryan Adams
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Ryan Adams
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 5
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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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