WEBVTT - DAUGHTRY: "As You Are"

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<v Speaker 1>Night.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi there, how are you today? Thank you for finding

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<v Speaker 2>this podcast Loves Someone with Delilah. As you may or

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<v Speaker 2>may not know, I have been on the air at

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<v Speaker 2>night for a long time, playing requests and dedications on

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<v Speaker 2>your radio and I love doing my show, I stink

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<v Speaker 2>and love hosting my show. But one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that always made me kind of sad and frustrated me

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<v Speaker 2>was the fact that on my radio show at night

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<v Speaker 2>I can only talk for two or three minutes at

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<v Speaker 2>a time, because you know, with the music format, you

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<v Speaker 2>got to play the music. So when podcasts started to

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<v Speaker 2>become a thing, I thought, awesome, Now I can have

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<v Speaker 2>in depth conversations that don't have to stop after two minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>I can talk to somebody about what's important to them,

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<v Speaker 2>what really means. And so we started this podcast Love

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<v Speaker 2>Someone with Delilah, and what we are endeavoring to do.

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<v Speaker 2>What my goal is not just to entertain you, but

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<v Speaker 2>to inspire you. A lot of things are entertaining, but

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<v Speaker 2>once you watch it, you're no better off than when

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<v Speaker 2>you started, or once you listen to it, you're no

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<v Speaker 2>better of a person than before you started listening. And

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<v Speaker 2>with this podcast, what I hope to do is inspire you,

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<v Speaker 2>inspire you to find that thing within you, whatever that is.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's taking care of children, maybe it's taking care

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<v Speaker 2>of the elderly. Maybe it's taking care of our planet.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's being actively involved in education or a feeding program.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what that thing is. Maybe you have

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<v Speaker 2>the gift of hospitality. Maybe you're an artist. Maybe your

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<v Speaker 2>talent is singing, and through your voice you make the

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<v Speaker 2>world a better place. Such is the case with our

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<v Speaker 2>guest today. You probably know him from American Idol, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>from his killer music that I have been playing on

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<v Speaker 2>my show for years. Our guest today on this podcast

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<v Speaker 2>Loves Someone with Delilah is Chris Daughtry. Chris not only

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<v Speaker 2>a songwriter, a recording artist, but he's also a humanitarian,

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<v Speaker 2>a husband, a great dad, and he is passionate about

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<v Speaker 2>sharing his heart with others. Chris Daughtry, thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>making your way out to the farm. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>coming to my studio. Welcome aboard.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's talk about music and especially I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you about your new song, but I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a blubbering mess. Janie sent it to me

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<v Speaker 2>the other day last week, and I cried listening to

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<v Speaker 2>it the first or second time, and I thought, no,

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<v Speaker 2>this can't be saying what I think think it's saying,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's saying it too well. So then I looked

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<v Speaker 2>up the lyrics just to make sure my heart was

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<v Speaker 2>being fillayed.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you were saying everything I want to say

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<v Speaker 2>to my kids. And it's such a beautiful way.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, it's it certainly has has kind of morphed

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<v Speaker 1>into that for us as well. It's I think there's

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<v Speaker 1>so many kids out there that feel just not enough

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<v Speaker 1>or not good enough, or that they're they're not what

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<v Speaker 1>they're supposed to be according to society standards. Are these

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<v Speaker 1>these people? Are these people? And and I just feel

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<v Speaker 1>like love transcends all that, and I just, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we try to instill that in our own kids.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not just kids, everyone, it's everyone. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, when we first wrote it, Okay, so a little

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<v Speaker 1>little backstory, my wife had had she had tried to

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<v Speaker 1>kind of it that she wrote stuff when she was younger,

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<v Speaker 1>and she loved writing and doing poetry, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>all about lyrics. And I kind of blew it off

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, not you know, in almost like I

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<v Speaker 1>write songs. That's that's my territory, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>But it just a few years ago she had she

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<v Speaker 1>had brought me some lyrics, and I was like, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna dismiss this this time. I'm you know, there

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<v Speaker 1>might for all I know, I've been missing out on

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<v Speaker 1>some real gold here. And I read these lyrics that

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<v Speaker 1>she had written and and I was like, I had

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<v Speaker 1>the chorus in my head already, and I was like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is something very special. And I went

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<v Speaker 1>to my studio and started writing it and did a

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<v Speaker 1>whole demo and I played it for and she just

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<v Speaker 1>bawled and and for like this this song is almost

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<v Speaker 1>like three years old at this point now, but for

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<v Speaker 1>the first like year, every time I listen to the demo,

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<v Speaker 1>it would always just choke me up.

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<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't be embarrassed about the fact that I was

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<v Speaker 2>sitting here in this chair in the studio bawling. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>flayed my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>The only reason I'm not is because I've been through

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<v Speaker 1>the emotions so many times that that I've you know,

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<v Speaker 1>been able to separate. But yeah, and it was this

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<v Speaker 1>internal struggle that she was dealing with that that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and she was getting those those feelings out on paper

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<v Speaker 1>and feeling like needed to be a certain way or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>and and knowing that I wanted her to just be

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<v Speaker 1>who she is and be happy and be like, I

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<v Speaker 1>love you for you, like, don't don't feel like you

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<v Speaker 1>need to be a certain way or or or you

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<v Speaker 1>have to hide this part of yourself or whatever. And

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<v Speaker 1>so it became became that. And it's we've seen, at

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<v Speaker 1>least I've seen in the performances, have had people came

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<v Speaker 1>up to me and it was like, You've helped me

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<v Speaker 1>through this or that. And it's such an amazing feeling

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<v Speaker 1>to see that this has the potential to really affect

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<v Speaker 1>people on a really deep level. Yeah, because oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>just I don't know, like I want people. I want

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<v Speaker 1>people at our shows to all feel welcome, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and to not feel that they're being judged by this

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<v Speaker 1>person or they don't fit into this group or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>I want everybody to feel acceptance and love. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Jamie and I have been besties for almost thirty years now.

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<v Speaker 2>I stole her away from another radio show in Boston

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<v Speaker 2>years ago when we first met, and we were talking

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday and she said, what are we going to do?

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking about how crazy the world is. There was

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<v Speaker 2>a shooting at a college that her niece attends, and

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<v Speaker 2>she said, what are we going to do? And I said,

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to do what we've always do, which is

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<v Speaker 2>tried to use the platform God has given us to

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<v Speaker 2>tell people that love is all that matters. It is

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<v Speaker 2>all that matters, that that all this nonsense that's being

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<v Speaker 2>rammed down our throat about divisiveness, that I'm right and

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<v Speaker 2>you're wrong, that I'm good and you're bad, that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>black and you're white, that I'm left in your right,

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm straight and you're gay, and all this divisive

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<v Speaker 2>nonsense is killing us. It doesn't matter, It doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 1>What matters the heart of each person's soul and that's

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<v Speaker 1>what matters.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all that matters. That we are all incredibly amazing,

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<v Speaker 2>creative beings that are different. Your fingerprint is different than mine.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no fingerprint in the world like yours, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>Irish print in the world like yours. You are unique.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's celebrate that instead of expecting other people to

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<v Speaker 2>be what we think they should be.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And.

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<v Speaker 2>I was, I was on social media.

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<v Speaker 1>The other day.

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<v Speaker 2>I have friends from high school that I keep in

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<v Speaker 2>touch with, and there's a group of four of us

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<v Speaker 2>that have lost kids and we're just we support each other.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the moms said, you know, I just

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I'm not enough, and I had to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>not on the public forum, but just reach out and say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>You've always been enough. You are so awesome. I've known

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<v Speaker 2>you since you were, you know, at eleven years old,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're awesome, just so awesome. But even you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not just kids that feel that, it's all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I feel like we don't Oh my gosh, I

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<v Speaker 1>went I went through so much self doubt just making

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<v Speaker 1>this record and just trying to figure out who I

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<v Speaker 1>was as a human being, and you know, reconciling my

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<v Speaker 1>own limiting beliefs growing up. And we all go through

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<v Speaker 1>feeling like not part of the the group or the

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<v Speaker 1>kid yeah yeah or yeah or as the cool kids

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<v Speaker 1>say it now fomo, you know, you feel like, am

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<v Speaker 1>I doing enough? Am I? Am I? Am I teaching

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<v Speaker 1>my kids enough? Am I doing this right? Am I?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? There's always that question in life, so it's

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<v Speaker 1>good to have someone say that you are enough. You

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<v Speaker 1>are right now, how you are, where you are.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Daughtry, hold that thought. I just want to give

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<v Speaker 2>a quick shout out to one of our sponsors, a

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<v Speaker 2>sponsor that helps make this podcast possible. When you're entertaining

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<v Speaker 2>people in your backyard, maybe yeah, I don't know, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred or so. You need a little help preparing the

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<v Speaker 2>outdoor patio furniture has to look great. The patio deck

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<v Speaker 2>needs a good power washing before all those people arrive

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<v Speaker 2>and oftentimes after they all leave too. You want flowers

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<v Speaker 2>that are in full bloom and a grass that's green

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<v Speaker 2>and healthy looking. I get the help for all those

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<v Speaker 2>things at the Home Depot in their garden department. It's

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<v Speaker 2>where I go when I turn my backyard into our

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<v Speaker 2>outdoor family room. The home Depot, more saving, more doing

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<v Speaker 2>with me on today's episode of Love Someone with Delia

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<v Speaker 2>in the studio with me is Chris Daughtry, And I

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<v Speaker 2>was just asking you if you sound different to you

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<v Speaker 2>on the headphones? Oh yeah, Like do you like your

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<v Speaker 2>voice better on the headphone when you hear yourself?

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<v Speaker 1>I I feel like it makes me want to talk differently.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it's so weird. Hearing your voice now because I

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<v Speaker 1>listened to you a lot growing up.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you wanted to Chris, or confession session, because your

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<v Speaker 2>mom confession session.

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<v Speaker 1>It was in the dentist office.

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<v Speaker 2>And in the backseat of the car and mom make home.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody made me listen to the radio. We always had

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of pop radio on in the house. It

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<v Speaker 1>was always like I was always into catchy songs, So

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<v Speaker 1>it was it was either love songs or pop radio

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<v Speaker 1>or country music.

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<v Speaker 2>Because a lot of when I went we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the military in a minute, but when I

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<v Speaker 2>went overseas and when I traveled with the troops, ninety

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<v Speaker 2>nine point nine percent of the young men in uniform said,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my gosh, my mom made us listen to you

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<v Speaker 2>when we were coming home from football practice. My mom

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<v Speaker 2>always made me listen to you when we were coming

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<v Speaker 2>home from the swim team or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds like all of my fans' kids, my mom,

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<v Speaker 1>My mom makes me listen to you guys, And we

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<v Speaker 1>hear that all the time. Yeah, So when anybody ever asked, like,

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<v Speaker 1>what band are you in, I always say, your mom's

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<v Speaker 1>favorite band.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go, there you go. So when you're not performing,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're not touring, you're parenting. You have three at home?

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<v Speaker 1>Now three at home?

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<v Speaker 2>How old twins are?

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<v Speaker 1>Eight? And four?

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<v Speaker 2>Twins are boys? Girls?

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<v Speaker 1>Boy and a girl, a boy and a girl, and

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<v Speaker 1>then youngest is a boy?

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<v Speaker 2>And so soccer do we do this soccer thing?

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<v Speaker 1>Sports? I was a soccer dad for like two or

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks, and then Adeline realized she didn't like soccer

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<v Speaker 1>as much as she thought she did, so she decided

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<v Speaker 1>to bail on it.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was, is it that she didn't like soccer,

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<v Speaker 2>she didn't like getting up on Saturday mornings and spending

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<v Speaker 2>her whole week and being cold on the soccer field?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I would. I was watching her and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>she's just kind of wandering around, like kicking dirt. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think she likes this as much as the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of liking this.

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<v Speaker 2>It well good for her.

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<v Speaker 1>First I tried it, and I was like, baby, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not going to force you to be out here if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to be out here.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously don't like but I do like soccer. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you like about it? You're just you're not

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<v Speaker 1>doing anything. But but yeah, but she's a great singer

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<v Speaker 1>and really, yes she is, and oh that is awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>She's she's taken some voice lessons and wants to get

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<v Speaker 1>back into that. And so you actually we actually wrote

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<v Speaker 1>a song and recorded it for her class. It was

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<v Speaker 1>it was the cutest thing ever about Koala bears.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you wrote a song about Koala bears. Yes, me

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<v Speaker 2>here just like a.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, she had the melody in her head and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, okay, so you she had a list of

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<v Speaker 1>things that she could choose to write about or do

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<v Speaker 1>for her homework, and she chose to do a song.

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<v Speaker 2>How cool is that the schools are realizing that's to learn.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I love that my kids come home and

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, well I could write a paper or I

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<v Speaker 2>could do a video presentation. I'm like, oh, we are

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<v Speaker 2>so down with that. Let's get out the drone.

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<v Speaker 1>So I said, okay, so I'll help you with this,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being the songwriter that I am, I will

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<v Speaker 1>help you concoct this and and and we'll record and

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be a whole thing. I said, just think about,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, some some little pointers, some little facts about

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<v Speaker 1>Kohala bears and if you had and she said, I

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<v Speaker 1>already got it figured out. She's like, Kohalas are brave Koalas,

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<v Speaker 1>look sweet kohala is ukuaa lipt his leaves And I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, okay, never mind, you got this. Obviously had

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<v Speaker 1>the mess. She's eight, but she was seven at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>She had the melody worked out and I was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let's tweak some stuff here. And it was one take

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<v Speaker 1>and she was like okay, Daddy love you by walked

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<v Speaker 1>out in my studio. I'm like, okay, that just happened.

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<v Speaker 1>And that just happened. And then the next day she

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<v Speaker 1>turned it in and they wanted her to sing it

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<v Speaker 1>on the morning announcements and I was like, she's not gonna.

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<v Speaker 1>She was in front of that camera within like seconds

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<v Speaker 1>saying it to the whole and then they took her

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<v Speaker 1>around to different classes and she sang it. It was

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<v Speaker 1>the cutest thing ever. So she obviously has zero problem

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<v Speaker 1>with stage fright.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I told you about my uh my love for

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<v Speaker 2>being on stage. I was actually I think if I

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<v Speaker 2>had any of that DNA genetic testing done, they would

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<v Speaker 2>discover I was born with the show off gene. It's

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<v Speaker 2>labeled like in two five something. There is definitely a

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<v Speaker 2>gene that your daughter and I daughter I share. But

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<v Speaker 2>my daughter, who is named after me but is adopted

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<v Speaker 2>from Africa, she was born with the show off gene.

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<v Speaker 2>And unlike your daughter that can sing and come up

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<v Speaker 2>with the melody, my daughter is just like me. She

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<v Speaker 2>can't dance, though she can. She's got rhythm. Girlfriend's got rhythms.

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<v Speaker 2>So she's taken dance, She's taken you know, cheerleading, she's

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<v Speaker 2>taken gymnastics. I'm like just.

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<v Speaker 1>Growing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, I think I made.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you should water the other one too, because it's dying.

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<v Speaker 2>But your family's in Nashville. Now, you got three kids

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<v Speaker 2>at home and some that are grown. Yeah, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>on the road a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but this year has been pretty chill. Last year

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<v Speaker 1>we spent a good I think seven months out of

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<v Speaker 1>the year on the road, but we were all over

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<v Speaker 1>the world. We were in South Africa and UK and Europe.

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<v Speaker 1>It was fun.

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<v Speaker 2>And does your wife get to go on those really

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<v Speaker 2>cool South Africa.

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<v Speaker 1>UK You know she hasn't, which is why we're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to like figure life out right now. We're like trying

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<v Speaker 1>to restructure things because we want our kids to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to travel more we want her to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to experience this stuff more as a family and kind

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<v Speaker 1>of incorporate it a little bit more so it's not

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<v Speaker 1>so separated home school. That's that I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>say it before home school time. Right now, Yeah, we're

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about that.

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<v Speaker 2>And if if your wife is anything like me, you

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<v Speaker 2>really need to find someone.

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<v Speaker 1>We're already in the process. Yeah, I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>get too personal, but yeah I did come on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Deep.

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<v Speaker 1>We've we've Yeah, the kids are super pumped and uh cool,

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<v Speaker 1>yeah cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Bought us a motor home. Well, we had a thirty

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<v Speaker 2>year old motor home that we took a family road

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<v Speaker 2>trip in a couple of years ago. Yeah, and my godson,

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<v Speaker 2>you met Ryan other engineered, not Jeff because he would

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<v Speaker 2>rather have needles stuck in his eye than go on

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<v Speaker 2>a road trip with seventeen children. But we took a

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<v Speaker 2>road trip with my kids, my godkids, seventeen kids.

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<v Speaker 1>All on one motor home.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we had the motorhome and a thirteen passenger van,

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<v Speaker 2>and the motorhome broke down about every two hundred miles. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you couldn't help us out. The guys told you what

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<v Speaker 2>it would Yeah, get fixed. Duck tape was our best friend.

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<v Speaker 2>So after that, Paul bought a lesser old motor home.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like eighteen years old and it's beautiful, nice, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's like, okay, so as soon as the kids are

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<v Speaker 2>grown and not in school, we're going to take off.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, honey, that will be a thousand years old.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly what my wife says. We got to get

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<v Speaker 1>a RV and we want to go travel, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when the kids are cross.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna be she's older than me, so she's she'll

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<v Speaker 1>be forty six this year.

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<v Speaker 2>You just can't wait.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I know, we did it because you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Youngest is in kindergarten.

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<v Speaker 1>He hasn't started. He'll be five.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so next year kindergarten. So so you're talking eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>years baby. Paul's not even in preschool yet, so that's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, for me, twenty years. No, we got to

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<v Speaker 2>do it now.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So we've talked about it. We did get an

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<v Speaker 1>RV last this past summer and went camping and tried

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<v Speaker 1>it out. It was more glamping than camping, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was still they loved it. They loved it, so I

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<v Speaker 1>know that they would they would thrive. I was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was a camper, backpacker, girl, scout hiker for years

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<v Speaker 2>and now I'm like, oh no, a bed, a bet,

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<v Speaker 2>a real bed, not a mattress on the ground, but

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<v Speaker 2>a real bad it's happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm not about that. Life's I like my sleep

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<v Speaker 1>too much.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, glamping is heaven exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have the option. I have a bed.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if you if you want to go lay on

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<v Speaker 2>the ground, that's that's fine. But you got the option.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't. I don't have to prove anything. You ever

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<v Speaker 1>watch that show Naked and Afraid, I'm like, I have

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<v Speaker 1>no you ever seen it where they go out in

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<v Speaker 1>the wilderness and they have to just survive, survive, like

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<v Speaker 1>completely survive, sunburn, all the bites, everything in the jungle,

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<v Speaker 1>no things. It's not even worth it. No, no, nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to prove if that, if I'm forced to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>then I'll die. I'll probably not survive very long.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if it was in the woods around here and

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<v Speaker 2>you were with me, you would survive because I know

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<v Speaker 2>how to forage.

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<v Speaker 1>I could teach you, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>A thousand plants that you can eat and probably ten

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<v Speaker 2>or fifteen that you should never eat. Okay, yeah, so

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<v Speaker 2>it would be fine, and you're vegetarian, so yeah it

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<v Speaker 2>would be great. Wow. I just had a visual of

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<v Speaker 2>us doing one of those reality shows, not the naked part,

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<v Speaker 2>but the foraging and the bug bite, and.

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<v Speaker 1>You teaching me what no, no, no no.

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<v Speaker 2>Here, here's a real simple rule. Anything red when you're

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<v Speaker 2>in the forest. Any berry that's red, almost all of

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<v Speaker 2>them are poisonous.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, good to know, to know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, you know, a bad trick.

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<v Speaker 1>A red berry is red berries are almost table, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the color for stop. So I mean that makes

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<v Speaker 1>there you go.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Chris Daughtry, I can't thank you enough for supporting

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<v Speaker 2>Point Hope and for loving kids, for sharing your amazing

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<v Speaker 2>gift of music with all of us. I hope to

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<v Speaker 2>see you back here in the studio very very soon,

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<v Speaker 2>and I wish you the best of luck with your

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<v Speaker 2>new song. It's so beautiful.