“If I had a reed made of lightening I could blow the sax all night… I don't know where one would acquire a reed made of lightening but I would imagine that Bill Clinton has one.”

— Ryan Adams

Live performance 9/29/07- Chicago Theater

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American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter 1974

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