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I dress in a sophisticated and classy way - I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn't be embarrassed to see.

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Jessie Ware
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 15
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Hammersmith
London
Jessica Lois Ware
Embarrassed
Sophisticated
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Dresses
Wouldn
Mother
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Classy

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I'm not a complicated person.
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I went to university and studied English literature, and I forgot about music. I was gonna be a journalist. But then I decided to try and be a backing singer, and my mum was like, Go for it. If that didn't work, I was gonna go to law school. I was just being boringly sensible trying to be a singer felt a bit indulgent.
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