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I don't have any regrets about the album [Veedon Fleece]. But it's the same old story - an album is basically 35 or 40 minutes of what you do. It's 'part' of what you do.

Van Morrison

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