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I was never somebody who grew up going, 'I really want to be a singer in a band,' and I never had any ambition toward anything, really.

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Fiona Apple
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: September 13
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Jazz Musician
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
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