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I was more like a middle child. My youngest brother was the baby, so he got all the attention that t... 
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It was a free-for-all with music when I was growing up. My mother was a huge music fanatic so I was ... 
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I just developed my act way back in the late '80s. I went to college in Georgia, so I picked up ... 
My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Ji... 
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I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all. 
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