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Madeleine Peyroux

"My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel."

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"I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to."
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