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You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.

Emmylou Harris

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Emmylou Harris
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 12
Country Singer
Guitarist
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
Birmingham
Alabama
Certain
Way
Life
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Beginning
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