WEBVTT - Music Saved Me | Corey Feldman

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<v Speaker 1>Music Saved Me. Musicians on Call is a charity that

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<v Speaker 2>It gives the soundtrack of our lives. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so grateful and honored that I now have a

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<v Speaker 2>stake in the game and that people, you know, tell

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<v Speaker 2>me things like, oh, you know, I risen to your

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<v Speaker 2>music when I go work out, or you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>was really depressed and it was so exciting, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>because I listened to your music and he told me

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<v Speaker 2>out of my depression or he gave me some insight.

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<v Speaker 2>So I mean, yes, it not only does it affect me,

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<v Speaker 2>but now I'm grateful that my music is helping to

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<v Speaker 2>affect others.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Music Saved Me Podcast. I'm Lynn Hoffman

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<v Speaker 1>and normally you'll hear me on Music Saved Me interviewing

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<v Speaker 1>musicians about the healing power of music now. Previous episodes

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<v Speaker 1>have included Winonah and Jelly Roll, among others. Today, Music

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<v Speaker 1>Saved Me producer, creator and the host of the popular

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<v Speaker 1>taken a walk podcast, Buzz Night steps into sub for

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<v Speaker 1>Me with an episode with actor, musician, activist Corey Feldman.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Buzz with Corey next on music saved Me?

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, Corey, I wanted to ask you, do you believe

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<v Speaker 3>music has saved you at any point in your life?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? God, Yes. In fact, I would say that music

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<v Speaker 2>has saved my entirety of my life. If it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>for music being on this planet, I don't think I

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<v Speaker 2>would have survived any of it, to be honest. As

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<v Speaker 2>a kid, you know, going through the abuse that I endured,

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<v Speaker 2>it was always music that took me away. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>I remember being a little kid, you know, running around

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<v Speaker 2>in my grandmother's living room. She used had one of

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<v Speaker 2>those old wind up record players. And one of the

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<v Speaker 2>very early records that I ever got into was Billy

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<v Speaker 2>Aley in the Comments because that was just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the thirty five rpm or what ever, you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>record that she had sitting out there, and and when

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<v Speaker 2>she played it, you know, or we played that album,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, reminded me of Happy Days because those were

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<v Speaker 2>the songs from Happy Days. That's how I knew the music.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was like, oh, you know, it's from that

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<v Speaker 2>TV show, little known to me that it was actually

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<v Speaker 2>from thirty years prior, but that was that was the

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<v Speaker 2>first music I got into. So I got into like

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<v Speaker 2>the old fifties and sixties stuff. And then the first

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<v Speaker 2>band I got into was Kiss, which is crazy because

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<v Speaker 2>they were really popular in the seventies. And then Sean Cassidy.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you even remember who Sean Cassidy is,

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<v Speaker 2>but that was my first pop star that I got into.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you know, later developed you know, this thing was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, having a big affection for Michael Jackson's music

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<v Speaker 2>and then later getting into Beatles and Pink Poyd and stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>So music has always been kind of a segue for

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<v Speaker 2>me when I'm depressed, you know, when I'm when I'm manic,

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm angry, when I'm happy, when I'm wanting to

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<v Speaker 2>sell it. I mean, it's sexy time, It's everything, you know, music,

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<v Speaker 2>music is the soundtrack of our lives. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so grateful and honored that I now have a

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<v Speaker 2>stake in the game and that people, you know tell

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<v Speaker 2>me things like, oh, you know, I listen to your

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<v Speaker 2>music when I go work out, or I put your

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<v Speaker 2>music on to go run to because it motivates me,

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<v Speaker 2>or you know, I was really depressed and it was

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<v Speaker 2>so exciting, you know, because I listened to your music

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, it pulled me out of my depression,

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<v Speaker 2>or it gave me some insight. So I mean, you know, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>it not only does it affect me, but now I'm

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<v Speaker 2>grateful that my music is helping to affect others.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think it's fair to say that you believe

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<v Speaker 3>music has spiritual healing powers for mental, physical, emotional problems.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely. I mean, first of all, I think that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there's great science and research behind the idea that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the tone, the very tone of the music can affect

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<v Speaker 2>you in a different way, The frequency of a musical

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<v Speaker 2>note can affect you in a different way. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>these different effects, different emotions that are evoked just based

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<v Speaker 2>on the chord that's being played. It doesn't even have

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<v Speaker 2>to be a particular song or a particular lyric. That's that.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you add on, you know, deep and meaningful lyrics

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<v Speaker 2>and things that have you know, a message behind it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can really, you know, gain quite a lot

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<v Speaker 2>from listening to certain artists. So yes, absolutely, it's provocative

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<v Speaker 2>and thought inspiring.

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<v Speaker 3>Why does music have the ability to give people hope

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<v Speaker 3>and really dark times.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think that it's if you go back to

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<v Speaker 2>our history, I mean literally go back to the earliest days,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you will find that music has always been

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<v Speaker 2>inspirational and motivational. You know, they used it. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>even going back to like the old war films, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen twenties and stuff like that. They would use these big,

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<v Speaker 2>proud marching bands and you have very boisterous sounding stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to make us feel like we were in

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<v Speaker 2>charge and we were winning. And you know, it's like

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<v Speaker 2>even propaganda films. We're using music very early on for

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that. And even before that, I mean you

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<v Speaker 2>go back to the country days, you know, when they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even have film yet, they didn't have anything, but

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<v Speaker 2>they had records, you know, records where I think the

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<v Speaker 2>very first form of medium there was radio and there

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<v Speaker 2>were records. I mean, those were the things that really

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<v Speaker 2>started at all. So I think music has just always

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<v Speaker 2>been something that's connected humans.

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<v Speaker 3>Describe how you feel when you realize that your music

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<v Speaker 3>has impacted a member of your audience who may be

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<v Speaker 3>going through a challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a beautiful feeling, you know, especially when somebody says

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<v Speaker 2>something to me, like, you know, your words really inspired me,

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<v Speaker 2>or you know, I was reading your lyrics and it

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<v Speaker 2>made me realize that, you know, I could do better,

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<v Speaker 2>or life is worth another chance, or I shouldn't give

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<v Speaker 2>up on myself. But things like that, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>so beautiful. It's such a beautiful feeling to know that

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<v Speaker 2>something that I can create from the pain that I've

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<v Speaker 2>endured and I put that into my art, and that

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<v Speaker 2>that can actually be transposed to another human and they

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<v Speaker 2>can download that frequency and feel that connection. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>that is a very powerful medium. You know, it's beautiful.

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<v Speaker 3>As someone who has had struggles, what do you want

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<v Speaker 3>folks in the audience to know about those? And some

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<v Speaker 3>need that they might be forgetting Well, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>What, Look, we all about these struggles, right, Nobody has

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect life. If it was, then you wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>getting the full experience and you would be getting deprived

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<v Speaker 2>of the human experience because you know, look, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>reward without risk, There is no glory without work, there

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<v Speaker 2>is no you know, victory without struggle. So we must

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<v Speaker 2>endure the bad to achieve the good. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, as a human being, you know, you write,

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<v Speaker 2>and especially as an artist, you write about your struggles,

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<v Speaker 2>but you also write about coming out the other side

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<v Speaker 2>of it and what it takes to endure it. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's good to always lead by example and

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<v Speaker 2>to put positive messages. You know, there's so much music

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<v Speaker 2>out there that's meaningless and nonsensical, and you go, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>what do we really need to know about your moody

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<v Speaker 2>or do you really need to you know, talk about

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<v Speaker 2>you know, how much money you have or what kind

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<v Speaker 2>of car you're driving. Nobody cares. But when it's something

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<v Speaker 2>that's motivational and inspirational and can cross generations and give

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<v Speaker 2>you that spirit, that that uplifting feeling in your soul

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<v Speaker 2>that makes you want to dance, it makes you want

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, feel inspired and do good things or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean. That is such a powerful tool that we're

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<v Speaker 2>given as songwriters and as artists. I don't think it

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<v Speaker 2>should ever be taken for granted.

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<v Speaker 3>Talk about some of the artists and some of the

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<v Speaker 3>songs that have lifted you up at dark moments that

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<v Speaker 3>might be meaningful to someone listening today.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, one of the most powerful songs ever goes

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<v Speaker 2>back to Michael Jackson Man in the Mirror. I love

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<v Speaker 2>that song because it's you know, it says so much

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<v Speaker 2>and Michael didn't even write that one. It was actually

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<v Speaker 2>written by Taya Garrett. But it's a beautiful song. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just it's so on point because we all, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we all feel insecure, and you know, sometimes we look

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<v Speaker 2>in the mirror and we give ourselves that self assurance

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<v Speaker 2>that we need to keep moving, to keep going forward,

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<v Speaker 2>and sometimes we don't like what we see looking back

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<v Speaker 2>at us, and that's when we have to phase ourselves

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<v Speaker 2>and deal with it and have some self healing and

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<v Speaker 2>repair work. And so I think that's a very powerful song.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always been so spiritual and inviting. And I wrote

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<v Speaker 2>a song actually that is kind of inspired by that song,

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<v Speaker 2>which is called It So Simple, which is about, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>how the world can be a better place if you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we choose to take the time to help each other out,

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<v Speaker 2>to care about each other, to be real, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>things can get better, but it's up to us. It's

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<v Speaker 2>an inside job. So you know, that's a song I

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<v Speaker 2>wrote when I was fifteen, so you know, and again

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<v Speaker 2>I think that actually was before Men in the Mirror

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<v Speaker 2>came out. But it's in that same vein of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of self work, self healing and looking inside ourselves.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's a beautiful message. Beatles have been,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, my therapy and you know, through the last

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<v Speaker 2>forty years or whatever. So God bless them.

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<v Speaker 3>Any particular Beatles songs, oh.

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<v Speaker 2>Too many to count. You know. I love pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>everything everything that they ever did. I love all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, their solo stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>the Wing stuff, Paul stuff, Post Beatles, everything, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Pink Floyd is another one, Billy Joel is

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<v Speaker 2>another one. There's so many great songwriters that I love.

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<v Speaker 2>And then even you know, more contemporary artists, people like

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Eminem, I've always liked Eminem, you know, or

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<v Speaker 2>a lot it's more said, I think it's great, or

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<v Speaker 2>you know, even and even still like people like Halsey,

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<v Speaker 2>who are amazing, you know, moving into today's artists. So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's a there's a wide spectrum of music

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<v Speaker 2>that I listened to, but as long as they're saying something,

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<v Speaker 2>that's really what it comes down to.

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<v Speaker 3>Corey, thank you for sharing your journey on music save me.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Music saved me. God bless you.