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Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best.

Juliana Hatfield

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Juliana Hatfield
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 27
Autobiographer
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
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Editing
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Stupid
Write
Stuff
Best
Everything
Writing

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