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I love to write songs and sing them, and I didn't really know much more than that. Somehow it's gotten to the point where a friend can say, It's very you, and that made me feel good.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 21
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Singer-Songwriter
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Princeton
New Jersey
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