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The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!

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Jill Scott
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 4
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Philadelphia
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