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I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that's a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy.

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Suzanne Vega
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: July 11
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Playwright
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Santa Monica
California
Suzanne Nadine Vega
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Maybe
Half
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Relatively
Reality
Fearless
Kids
Fears
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Fantasy

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