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" My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight. "
Rick Springfield
Kid
Picture
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" When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get. "
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" I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout. "
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