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I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or accolades or things like that. I try to do what's true to me, and how it all comes out is fine.

Accolades Approval Fine How
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I've been performing since I was in high school, so I've seen people react to my music and my playing. I'm always appreciative when people like the music, but I'm not shocked.

Always Appreciative Been High
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Any saxophone player will have those influences come through in their music in a very different way. I can listen to the same 10 sax players as someone else for my entire life, and we'll both play completely differently. That's the beauty of being a musician.

Any Beauty Being Both
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I'm very serious about what I do. I practice every day for three hours. I work on my scales; I work on my tone. But otherwise, I like to have fun.

About Day Every Every Day
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If you go to Tiananmen Square, or go to any public area in China, you will hear my music at some point.

Any Area China Go
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I don't know what I would have done so many times in my life if I hadn't had my girlfriends.

Done Girlfriends Had Know
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It was humbling to see my brothers blowing up in music while I wasn't in the public eye, but it was also gratifying, because I'm doing what I love, and the self-esteem you get from that is so much better.

Also Because Better Blowing
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I would love to have more kids. Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family.

Best BestPart Day Family
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My whole drive to be an actor was finding roles that I really believed represent modern women, the struggles that we deal with. Women who are strong and capable and in control of their own lives.

Actor Believed Capable Control
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The quality of your life is a product of your faith. This is why the enemy wants you depressed and afraid (which is the opposite of faith). Choose to Walk by faith today.

Quality Life Product Faith
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I think, like every working parent, I sometimes feel that there are not enough hours in the day. But overall, I'm very fortunate that my job has a lot of flexibility. I spend a lot of time with the kids, just around the house.

Around Day Enough Every
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I worry about my kids growing up and how the world might hurt them. But at the same time, I absolutely do not worry about them growing up - because they have great values and a great sense of self.

About Absolutely Because Great
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I have to admit I was dismayed when I found out 'type A' refers to a category of risk for heart disease - I thought it was just a nickname my mom gave me!

Admit Category Disease Dismayed
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People responded to my work because I was doing something that hadn’t been done before.

People Work Doing Something
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I spent a lot of my 20s just trying to make other people happy, rather than trying to figure out if doing that made me happy.

Doing Figure Happy Just
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The art I do is an expression of who I am, what my history is, and the issues that bother me in terms of discrimination and racism.

Expression Issues Terms Racism
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My ex-husband is very involved in raising our beautiful children. We're very lucky because we both grew up in working families in middle America. We're on the same page that way.

America Beautiful Because Both
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I love to sing around the house and in the car, but my daughter hates it.

Around Car Daughter Hates
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I enjoy making my work and I enjoy making colour. Primarily, I make the work for myself first, and if other people like the work then that’s fine.

My work Colour Primarily
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It was funny because right before the whole band broke up, like, we were seven months' pregnant, so my life was going to transition anyway, whether the band was continuing or not.

Anyway Band Because Before
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In my line of work, you never know how the female fans are going to respond to another girl, but they've always been so kind and so sweet to Danielle, which has been really great.

Always Another Been Fans
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We Skype all the time - me and my brothers, and especially me and Dani. Anytime we're apart from the person we're with, we're always trying to be in touch and call.

Always Anytime Apart Brothers
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I think my craziest Hollywood moment was performing at the Grammys with Stevie Wonder.

Craziest Grammys Hollywood I Think
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My brothers and I have basically grown up on screen, and we feel so blessed and lucky because it's been amazing.

Amazing Basically Because Been
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My bag explodes with clothes all over my hotel room floor every day.

Bag Clothes Day Every
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I was a total nerd and had, like, two friends, and then I left my school and got signed to a record deal.

Deal Friends Got Had
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I've always, like, wanted two kids that were both girls, and my wife was like, 'Why?' I'm like, 'Because I've been around boy so much my entire life that I want to be surrounded by, you know, girls.'

Always Around Because Been
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My ring represents a promise to myself and to God that I'll stay pure until marriage.

God Marriage Myself Promise
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My parents have sacrificed so much, more than any parents really should.

Any More Much Parents
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For my 21st birthday, my now-wife, at the time girlfriend, flew across the country and showed up at my house.

Across Birthday Country Flew
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At this time when I turn 50, because so there's many of my friends and family who didn't get to see 50-years-old, and so, I'm celebrating for them too.

Because Celebrating Family Friends
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I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.

About Bothered Come Deal
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My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy.

Alive Ask Close Daddy
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I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me - like food or wat

Arrived Blood Born Food
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My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.

Buried Childhood Darkest Dug
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I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.

Being Black Blind Did
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My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.

Became Big Big Thing Declaring
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Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal.

After Around Been Behind
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

Approach Blues Country Country
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Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
Academy Highest Honor Life
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I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.

Because Car CDs Everybody
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Mad, is he? Then I hope that he will bite some of my other generals!

Mad Hope Bite Other general
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I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record.

Get Going He Hey
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It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.

Contradict myself Improve wonderfully
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Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.

Being Doing Important Me
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I use all my skills that I can muster up, but the fun thing is that I find some untapped skills every once in a while. I get that from my daddy.

Daddy Every Find Fun
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The biggest challenge in my life is getting all these kids raised. I've helped with nieces, stepchildren and my own son, so the biggest challenge is making sure the kids are raised and finding enough quality time with them.

Biggest BiggestChallenge Challenge Enough
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I've never turned my back on country music.

Back Country CountryMusic Music
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A good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart. Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.

Another Feel FeelGood Good
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I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.

Anthem Breaks City Door
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