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I sometimes write as if I were talking to myself, or to a mirror, or to someone for the last time. There's this element of confrontation.

Angel Olsen

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Angel Olsen
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: January 22
Composer
Guitarist
Music Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
St. Louis
Missouri
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