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" I didn't want to be a performer. I didn't want to be famous. "
Sophie B. Hawkins
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" It's so interesting that the romantic side of my life comes from my father, who I really didn't even know that well. "
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" I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers. "
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