- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are songs that I have to play!
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been an amazing life. It's really just been the most magical thing for me - and I have these musical friends from all walks of life.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pops, he was a singer's singer. I loved to hear my father sing. He just was so laid-back and cool. I always wished I could sing like Pops.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know which way I'm going. My next CD might be country, might be Dylan, might be Mick Jagger. I don't know. I love a challenge.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pops always taught us that family is the strongest unit in the world. If you stick with your family, nobody can break you, nobody can harm you. You'll always have your family.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sang with my father for over 50 years, and now all of a sudden he's gone, and I just dropped out.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got to sing for Pops; I've got to keep my father's legacy alive because he started all of this. So I started calling people, and nobody would give me a chance, but I didn't let that stop me. I took money out the bank and I started making me a record, and I did it in this guy's basement.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have fun just about everywhere I go.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The kids today have these fresh faces. It's like they're on pins and needles, waiting to see what I'm going to do. They've never seen me. In the 1960s, those were hippies. They were wired up already. The kids today know me because I've worked with Jeff Tweedy and other young producers.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I come out of my dressing room, I go to my heart and say a little prayer and go out on stage. There I am, coming to lift you up and to motivate you. I want to bring joy. It's gospel, and gospel is the truth. It's what I do. I'm going to bring you the truth and lift up your spirit.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get my voice from my mother's side of the family. My mother and my grandmother both had strong voices.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just singing what I feel in my heart.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't just turn over and sing disco or rock.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best music of my life I heard at my grandmother's church, this little wooden church up on a hill.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020