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On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely.

Melissa Etheridge

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Melissa Etheridge
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 29
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Leavenworth
Kansas
Melissa Lou Etheridge
Rooms
Thrown
Alone
Lonely
Stars
Star
Attention
Road
Hours
Rock
Rocks
Couple
Adulation
Room
Superficial

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