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I only write when I'm angry or sad, so because that's when I just have to write... If I'm having a good time and I'm happy and things are going really well, why would I want to stop what I'm doing to go and write at the piano?

Fiona Apple

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Fiona Apple
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: September 13
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Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
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