Growing up, Ashlee Simpson dreamed of becoming a rock singer like Alanis Morissette. When Morissette came to Dallas in 1996, a heartbroken Ashlee stayed home while all her friends went to the show. “My mom wouldn’t let me go because Alanis said the F word,” she explained to the Dallas Morning News. But her parents did allow her to go to Lilith Fair, an event she describes as life-changing. “When I saw Jewel and Joan Osborne, that was the moment where I was like, ‘Wow! I would love to be like that one day,’” Simpson said. “My eyes were, like, so big and I was, like, ‘That is so cool!’”
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