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I Believe That My Connection, To My Higher Power, Is Separate From Everybody’s. I Don’t Believe That The Muslims Have All The Answers. I Don’t Believe The Christians Have All The Answer, Or The Jews Have All The Answers...

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I Believe That My Connection, To My Higher Power, Is Separate From Everybody’s. I Don’t Believe That The Muslims Have All The Answers. I Don’t Believe The Christians Have All The Answer, Or The Jews Have All The Answers...

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Marvin Gaye Said There's A Song Inside Of Me And I Can't Get It Out. And I Know It's In There, And I Can Feel That It's In There, And I Can't Get It Out. There's So Much That I Want To Say, And I Haven't Been Able To Figure Out How To Say It In My Art. I Can Only Say It In Ham-fisted, Clumsy, Nonpoetic Ways, And I'm Trying To Figure Out How To Talk About Life And Talk About Love And Talk About Pain And Trials And Tribulation In An Artistic Form.

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Haters Are The People Who Will Broadcast Your Failures And Whisper Your Success.

Talent You Have Naturally. Skill Is Only Developed By Hours And Hours And Hours Of Beating On Your Craft.

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