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Gary Cherone

"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."

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"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."

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"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."

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"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."

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"I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far."

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"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."

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