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Holly Near

"If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing."

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"If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing."

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"I will be singing primarily all the songs from the musicals that I have been in from over the years."

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"I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing."

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"Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin."

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"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing."

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"The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count."
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