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" I wish my grandmother and grandfather were still alive, because they were able to keep me grounded. "

John Mellencamp

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" I went to New York in 1974, to either try to get a record deal, get into the New York Art Student League, or be a dancer. So that was my plan. Some plan. And I had no money. "

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