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As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 20
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Buffy St. Marie
Beverly Sainte-Marie
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I was playing with sound like I would have played with pots and pans as a kid.
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