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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.

Sammy Hagar

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Sammy Hagar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 13
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I was loud and electric at night, got all shook up with Elvis.
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