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"I was about 10 when I first began to sing. My mother had been away for three weeks, and I learned 'D..." — Roisin Murphy
I was about 10 when I first began to sing. My mother had been away for three weeks, and I learned 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina.' When she came back, I sang it in front of her, my auntie Linda, my father, my uncle Jim, and my grandmother.
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