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My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in.

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Vanessa Carlton
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: August 16
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Milford
Pennsylvania
Vanessa Lee Carlton
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