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For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.

Paula Cole

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Paula Cole
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: April 5
Composer
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Rockport
Massachusetts
Pain
Surface
Become
Anger
Back
Luck
Tender
Music
Compassion
Tenderness
Lose
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Bring
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Humble

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