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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Loudon Wainwright III
Born: September 5, 1946 (age 78)
Bio: Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor.