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My first show was so bad.

Like I was so bad.

I was super uncomfortable on stage, not particularly capable, and the second

show was at the living room. That one was much better because I realized that the best strategy was just to be myself.

This is Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

For 15 years, Debbie Millman has been talking with designers and other creative people about what they do, how they got to be who they are,

and what they're thinking about and working on.

On this episode, a conversation with Lucy Wayne Wright Roach about her musical family, her career

as a singer-songwriter, and her musical

tastes. I really like sad music a lot. Most of the songs I love are really sad.

Here's Debbie.

Despite the fact that Lucy Wainwright Roach comes from music royalty,

her father is Grammy Award winning folk artist Loudin

Wainwright the third.

Her mother was one third of the legendary folk trio The Roaches,

and her half siblings are Rufus and Martha Wainwright.

She started her career as an elementary school teacher.

Eventually she began singing backup in her brother's band and by 2010 she had

recorded and released her own CD. When you hear her beguiling voice and

listen to her songs, you might conclude she had no choice in the matter.

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