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"There's timing. And then there's also certain people at the record company who worked incredibly hard and were incredibly enthusiastic about what I was doing."
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"It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after."
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"I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege."
"I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this."
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