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" If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics. "

Iggy Pop

History

Gift

Music

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Nobody

Really

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Travel

Enthusiast

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Stuff

Plumbing

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Nails

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Different

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