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I'd sell one of my songs for any car commercial in the world that paid enough money. But to stay in the Top Ten for weeks on end when I'm in my forties by letting Glen Ballard write songs for me? F**k that.

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Scott Weiland
Age: 48 †
Born: 1967
Born: October 27
Died: 2015
Died: December 3
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