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Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.
Liz Phair
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Liz Phair
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 17
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Singer-Songwriter
New Haven
Connecticut
Elizabeth Clark Phair
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