Complex sentence: Fricke was born in South Whitley, Indiana, in 1947 to parents Phyllis (née Kyler) and Waldemar Fricke and learned piano and guitar as a child; her first vocal influences were folk artists such as Joan Baez and Judy Collins.
Split into simpler sentences: Fricke was born in South Whitley, Indiana, in 1947 to parents Phyllis (née Kyler) and Waldemar Fricke. She learned piano and guitar as a child; her first vocal influences were folk artists such as Joan Baez and Judy Collins.