Complex sentence: Discovered at the age of nine by vocal coach Rita Cavell she was thrust into the world of entertainment, and influenced heavily by her hippie parents' vast record collection she had written her first batch of songs before the age of twelve.
Split into simpler sentences: Discovered at the age of nine by vocal coach Rita Cavell she was thrust into the world of entertainment, and influenced heavily by her hippie parents' vast record collection. Kraus had written her first collection of songs before the age of twelve.