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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
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Singer-Songwriter
Rockport
Massachusetts
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