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Im one step ahead of my past, two steps behind my dream.

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
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I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.
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I would never say I had a bad childhood at all.
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