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Maybe I'm not as big a star as Bruce Springsteen because I'm not as good. I don't know. It doesn't matter. I still have an audience of a certain size. I think it's one of the things I'm luckiest.

Steve Earle

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Steve Earle
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 17
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