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This is going to sound crazy, but I can hear music in my head. I can imagine a piano or a guitar playing, and I can sort of think out.

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Ryan Adams
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 5
Guitarist
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Jacksonville
North Carolina
David Ryan Adams
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