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I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.

Rosanne Cash

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Rosanne Cash
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 24
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Memphis
Tennessee
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Sing
Songs
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