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I was grateful to be away from all that familiarity, to have a chance to do something anonymously.
Feist
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Feist
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 13
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Singer-Songwriter
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Leslie Feist
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So, I'm on Sesame Street, walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. Sesame Street is just a crazy great place to be.
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I don't think that village idea of actually knowing what you're contributing to the whole exists anymore.
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I was in a crazy, private, awesome bubble again, and that's when I started to write.
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