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I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.

Natalie Merchant

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Natalie Merchant
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 26
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
Jamestown
New York
Natalie Anne Merchant
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