"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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"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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"I think now I'm being taken a little more seriously. That's pure conjecture on my part."

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