If it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.
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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I’m washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles.
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Until my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
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I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.
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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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So given those things yes, I’m introducing some new music that people haven’t really heard me do in quite this fashion.
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And there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
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A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
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I was age six or seven, and singing, “Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him,” and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.
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