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You've gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.

Tom Waits

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Tom Waits
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: December 7
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Thomas Alan Waits
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