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It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.

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Liz Phair
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 17
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
New Haven
Connecticut
Elizabeth Clark Phair
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