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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.
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I have fun just about everywhere I go.
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I sang with my father for over 50 years, and now all of a sudden he's gone, and I just dropped out.
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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
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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.
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The devil ain't got no music. All music is God's music.
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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.
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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.
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I get my voice from my mother's side of the family. My mother and my grandmother both had strong voices.
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