When I was a very little girl, before John Mayer was born, I lived in a very strict religious environment in Amelia, Ohio. I wasn’t allowed to see television, listen to a radio, or look at billboard signs on the highways. I taught myself to read from the Hebrew Bible because they showed me my name there and I wanted to be able to read it. And like Joan of Arc was accused of in her trials, I was also not allowed to wear pants or any “boy” clothing, nor ever cut my hair. The only pop music album I was allowed to own but told I could only listen to one side of it was Neil Diamond’s single “Shilo"....
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