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So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.

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Liz Phair
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 17
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New Haven
Connecticut
Elizabeth Clark Phair
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