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I realized that what I was looking for was doing collaborations with other people - people who can play a ballad, rock, jazz. I was looking for more co-op type things than what I had been doing, which had been completely my own trip.

Van Morrison

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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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