“I`ve been called just about everything, but I`ve always thought of myself as just a singer.”

— Anne Murray

As quoted on "ANNE MURRAY DOESN`T LIKE TO BE LABELED" by Steve Morse (Boston Globe), Chicago Tribune, 7 April 1985 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-04-07-8501190914-story.html

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