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My career has been: first you have to prove yourself, then there's the sophomore record, then there's this thing and that thing, and you always want to be understood.

Fiona Apple

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Fiona Apple
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: September 13
Composer
Jazz Musician
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
Fiona Apple Maggart
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I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something
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