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In the music industry, it's pretty easy to make an album just because you want to keep going, like, 'This is the formula.' But the formula is your life. You have to live your life and you have to live it well - that's the formula.

Angel Olsen

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Angel Olsen
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: January 22
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St. Louis
Missouri
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I just want to scream: I'm being honest, I swear! Maybe it's embarrassing, but I don't care anymore.
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