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When it's me in my living room, it's pretty pure, and then what gets recorded involves more people, and it keeps escalating from there.

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