Bryan Adams (1959) Canadian singer-songwriter
Straight from the Heart, written by Bryan Adams and Eric Kagna
Song lyrics, Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
“For God's sake (I never was more serious), don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.”
Letter to Coleridge (August 6, 1800)
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