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I think I've been on a path ever since I was born, a path of high stress. I put myself, my career, it was a big old juicy carrot right in front of me for all of my life.

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Melissa Etheridge
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 29
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Leavenworth
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Melissa Lou Etheridge
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