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" I love songs, Patty Larkin, Sharon Stone, Mae West, and Marilyn Monroe. "

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" Young women should be telling stories of other young women. And if the superstar who is an amazing storyteller isn't a writer, that's totally fine, but we should get a young female writer in the room to work on that song with us. "

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