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It's the music that pulls me in and makes me forget about my problems at home. Music is my drug, the one thing that makes me numb.

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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I don't deserve you. You know that, querida, don't you? (Alex)
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I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.
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Fans always say they laughed and they cried while reading my books. And I tell them that I laughed and cried while writing them.
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