Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something…

Eddie Van Halen
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me. ✨ Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars To Los Angeles Schools by Anna Almendrala, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2012.
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me. ✨ Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars To Los Angeles Schools by Anna Almendrala, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2012.

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