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Paula Cole

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.

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Paula Cole describes music as a way to express and confront painful emotions by bringing them out openly. This process helps transform feelings of anger into understanding and kindness by reconnecting with a gentle, vulnerable part of ourselves.

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