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Anything a wife should do, I'm terrible at. Anything a mistress should do, I'll try.

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Tori Amos
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 22
Composer
Harpsichordist
Musician
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
Newton
North Carolina
Myra Ellen Amos
Ari Tomos
Ellen Amos
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Terrible
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Anything
Trying

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