"As, not only as an entertainer but as a person who who cared a lot and I gave the best that I could and I tried to be the best role model that I possibly could and the best person I could I tried to help."

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“You have to take what you could get when you're getting started.”

“We went through a hard time, and we had to turn to music as a means to putting food on the table. And we've been doing it ever since. No regrets either.”

“Music is not a very stable business. You know it comes and it goes, and so does money. But your education stays with you for the rest of your life and when you have that education and you have nothing fall back on you can go and get a job anywhere.”

“The reason I'm really appreciative of everything that's going on around me is because of the fact that I never expected it, and I want to keep that attitude.”

“When you get hard work you get success, and we put a lot of years into it.”

“We never thought we'd get this far, but we're here.”

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