She was famous, and she was insane. Her voice soared out over the audience, holding them spellbound and enraptured, delivering their hopes and fears tangled in chords and rhythm. They called her an angel, her voice a gift. She was famous, and she was a liar.

Dianne Sylvan
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In the mid-1800s, a child prodigy named Jenny Lind was turning heads in the United States and Europe. In 1860, she toured England and met Queen Victoria, who invited her to sing at a charity concert for children. After that performance, she was supposed to entertain the queen at Buckingham Palace. But when the queen heard her, she fell back in her chair and said, "Good God! What is that awful sound?" The queen went on to say that if she ever heard such a voice again it would drive her mad.

Source: Queen Of Shadows

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