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I don't use sex to sell records, obviously, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel like I have to make an effort to look good when I go out onstage, to wear something pretty.

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