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It's like first grade where you make all your mistakes and people see it and yet some people see that there's something there that's really valuable. That's the way it went for more than 2 years almost 3 years of playing.
Tom Verlaine
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Tom Verlaine
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: December 13
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