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Always question the authority.

Tom Morello

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Tom Morello
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 30
Actor
Banjoist
Composer
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Trade Unionist
New York City
New York
Thomas Baptist Morello
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A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.
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In a world of bands called Limp Bizkit and Hoobastank, Electric Sheep rolls off the tongue like a Shakespearean love sonnet. Leave me alone.
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