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I quickly learned to take anger and use it to motivate me. My sister ran away from home, and she was my world. And that was that. The guitar became my world.

Meredith Brooks

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Meredith Brooks
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: June 12
Composer
Guitarist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Oregon City
Oregon
Away
Ran
Home
Sister
Take
Quickly
World
Anger
Guitar
Became
Learned
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Motivate

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