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Speaker 1: What's up. It's way up at Angela.

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Speaker 2: Ye man, I love when we have the definition of

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Speaker 2: Yolanda Adams.

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Speaker 1: Such a pleasure to have you.

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me, and congratulations on

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Speaker 4: You know I followed you for a long time. Ah well,

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Speaker 2: Congratulations to you. You have so many things happening at

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Speaker 2: one time right now. And back to the music where

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Speaker 2: you know, putting out a new album that must feel

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Speaker 3: Yes, I love the fact that this is like a

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Speaker 4: Jimmy Jim and Terry Lewis and I we write a

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Speaker 3: And so we started the day after the Grammys in

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Speaker 3: the pandemic happened, right and that stopped a lot, and

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Speaker 3: then Kingdom business started and we left that and so

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Speaker 3: let's finish the album, and I'm just so glad that

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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness. I love the song Sunny Days too,

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Speaker 2: the title track. Yes, it gives you such a great feeling,

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Speaker 2: like just to feel like sunny days ahead. And it's

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Speaker 3: And that's the reason we wrote the song, because you know,

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Speaker 4: The worst news that can just shock your world.

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Speaker 4: Have a red flag law. Wow, so they couldn't red

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Speaker 2: You know, things like this happened and it's like, and

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Speaker 2: But then it happens again, and then we just do

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Speaker 2: I feel like it's never about what's going to help

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Speaker 3: For a long time. And what I don't like about

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Speaker 4: Like you just say it.

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Speaker 3: I just don't think that if you call yourself a believer,

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Speaker 4: You cannot say, oh.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love God, but then you hate people. Oh

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Speaker 2: And that's interesting because even now, look now we got

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Speaker 4: Where she judges everything exactly.

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Speaker 1: Look, and that was the evil laughing. Yes, absolutely absolutely.

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Speaker 3: I am so glad that you have what listen, folks

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Speaker 4: I'm like, it's a role in the script.

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Speaker 4: It's the cuss word that's end the Bible.

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Speaker 3: Okay, So it's not like I said something out of

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Speaker 3: And you know, as acting, while you're acting, you are

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Speaker 3: And the more we peel the layers from her, we

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Speaker 4: And so yeah, we're really different from them, yes, thank goodness.

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Speaker 2: But I think people also do look at church as

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Speaker 4: It's not.

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Speaker 4: The words that make you feel like, man, I can

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and forget what other people say, because you and

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Speaker 1: You have to have your own relationship.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely absolutely, were you hesitant because I know it's season

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Speaker 1: Did you think about all of those things?

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Speaker 4: I didn't care. Okay, and I really didn't care.

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Speaker 3: I have lived my life knowing that there will be

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Speaker 4: Don't understand that you can. We can all.

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Speaker 4: Well, church Doors.

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Speaker 3: We have three different versions of church Doors. We have

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Speaker 3: If it's targeted, you know, not to mention anybody's names

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Speaker 3: And so our symbolism is listen, although we have a

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Speaker 4: So that's what church doors is all about it.

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Speaker 2: And as people hear more about you, I am so

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Speaker 3: good when I believe I look good and you know

445
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Speaker 3: you are a.

446
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Speaker 1: Public got my air said.

447
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Speaker 2: I was so mad, like, man, what am I.

448
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Speaker 4: Going to do? But I'll send you a nice little package.

449
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Speaker 1: But don't worry. We support here.

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Speaker 4: Oh no, no, no, I know.

451
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Speaker 2: Order, I don't support because I love that. That's the

452
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Speaker 2: main thing. We want to support businesses like that because

453
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Speaker 2: what I love is to be able to see your Lyne,

454
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Speaker 2: to see Mary J.

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Speaker 1: Blige and Simone.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, just to see all of that, like all the

457
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Speaker 2: different options that we have that we can purchase.

458
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Speaker 1: That's a powerful thing.

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Speaker 3: I remember when Simone went came to Houston our Neemans

460
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Speaker 3: and she was doing a trunk show and I said,

461
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Speaker 3: oh my gosh, my daughter and my nieces would love

462
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Speaker 3: you know, remember the little lollipop with the rhinestones and stuff.

463
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Speaker 4: I bought so many of those.

464
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Speaker 1: It were not good that we could support it. So

465
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Speaker 1: the person behind the brand.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely and know that there's integrity behind the brand and

467
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Speaker 3: that they stand by it, and so yeah, I'm just

468
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Speaker 3: really excited about.

469
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Speaker 1: It, all right.

470
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Speaker 2: So besides that, the reunion tour, my goodness, I don't

471
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Speaker 2: know how I mean, but it's amazing. So that has

472
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Speaker 2: to be a good time though, because you got like

473
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Speaker 2: quite the lineup of gospel artists on tour.

474
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Speaker 1: I mean, Kirk Franklin, the.

475
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Speaker 3: Clarkss Sierra is opening up. It's like, oh my god,

476
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Speaker 3: all of these legacy artists coming together. And we've all

477
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Speaker 3: been on tours with one another at some point in

478
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Speaker 3: time and for all of our schedules. Here's the miracle,

479
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,399
Speaker 3: all of our schedules work together so we could be

480
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Speaker 3: on this tour for thirty plus days.

481
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Speaker 1: It's like, wow, they never happened.

482
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Speaker 3: It would yeah, it would never happen. Fred and I

483
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 3: have been on two tours together. Kirk and I have

484
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Speaker 3: been on three tours together. Marvin and I we've done

485
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,359
Speaker 3: some dates together. Uh, you know, like many tours and stuff.

486
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,680
Speaker 3: And the Clark sisters we all grew up together, so

487
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,160
Speaker 3: to be able to hang out with them and our

488
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 3: you know, our running theme for this tour is just gratitude.

489
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Speaker 3: We're so grateful to be able to go anywhere and

490
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Speaker 3: still be influential, still be inspirational and still have a

491
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Speaker 3: little you know, flare and a little flash to us

492
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Speaker 3: and yet a little edge to us. The folks are like,

493
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Speaker 3: oh man, we got to go see that.

494
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Uh, you know, we were earlier. I was in

495
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Speaker 1: the room before you got here.

496
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Speaker 2: We were talking about it about you know, all of

497
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Speaker 2: the records that you've sold and all of the accolades

498
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Speaker 2: that you've gotten.

499
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Speaker 1: That's not something you know, being like the gospel.

500
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Speaker 2: Artists of the decade, all of those things, that's not

501
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Speaker 2: something that people accomplish a lot in gospel music.

502
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Speaker 3: It still blows my mind.

503
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Speaker 2: And so yeah, I want to ask you about that.

504
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,920
Speaker 2: How do you feel about all of these because sometimes

505
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 2: you have to sit down and be like I did that,

506
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:04,360
Speaker 2: I did a thing.

507
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 4: And I think for me it's like who are you

508
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:11,160
Speaker 4: talking about?

509
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:18,399
Speaker 3: And then yeah, for any genre and it's like wow,

510
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,080
Speaker 3: you feel first, you feel gratitude again, but then you

511
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 3: feel responsibility.

512
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Speaker 4: How do I continue this?

513
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Speaker 3: Not trying, not that you know, of course I want

514
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,560
Speaker 3: Sunny Days to sell another five to ten million of anything,

515
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 3: thank you Lord, but the responsibility to keep giving great

516
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,560
Speaker 3: music because you can't sell that many records without touching

517
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 3: the hearts of people. And so if you make it

518
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 3: your mission to touch the hearts of people, to make

519
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 3: sure that you give them music that can guide their

520
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:56,760
Speaker 3: lives and can help them celebrate milestones in their lives.

521
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Speaker 3: Half of that other stuff is you know, it's just bravy, right,

522
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 3: and so you know, I'm really really grateful for that.

523
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Speaker 4: It still blows my mind.

524
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 1: And yeah, it's oh a rare thing.

525
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 2: Oh you know, I know that there's a lot of

526
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 2: you know, up and coming gospel artists that might feel like,

527
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 2: how can I ever achieve that level of success and

528
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 2: to be able to test people's hearts in such a manner, And.

529
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Speaker 3: All it takes is the focus, the determination and the

530
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 3: heart to be willing to say, if I sell a

531
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 3: million copies, fine, but if I touch a million people,

532
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 3: if I touch ten million people, that's more than enough.

533
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,679
Speaker 3: Because you know, and I've had conversations with everybody on

534
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 3: the tour. We never set out, Okay, this record we're

535
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,119
Speaker 3: going to sell, so on this record, I'm going to

536
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 3: get this video awards and all that kind of stuff,

537
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,280
Speaker 3: because you don't even think about it.

538
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Speaker 4: It's like way at the back of the burner, you know.

539
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:57,159
Speaker 4: But to.

540
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Speaker 3: Really sincerely want the best for the people who have

541
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:08,879
Speaker 3: guided you, who've watched you grow, who've watched you get married,

542
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,120
Speaker 3: who've watched your child be born, and you know, saw

543
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,199
Speaker 3: you on stage when you were pregnant, all of that

544
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 3: kind of stuff. Those are the things that really really matter.

545
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,160
Speaker 3: And now she's twenty three, so there are a lot

546
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 3: of people who've been with me thirty.

547
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Speaker 4: Forty plus years.

548
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:24,400
Speaker 1: That's amazing.

549
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 3: And I am still in awe of the fact that

550
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,399
Speaker 3: God has kept He's more than kept his promise, and

551
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:38,400
Speaker 3: everything that I've asked for, he's superseded. So I don't

552
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 3: care what your genre of music or where you find

553
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 3: yourself business wise or whatever, when you keep your heart

554
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,439
Speaker 3: pure and when you make sure that what you're doing

555
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 3: is to benefit somebody else as well, because it's gonna

556
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 3: benefit years, but to benefit someone else as well. Hey,

557
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,879
Speaker 3: the sky is not even the limit.

558
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: But can you tell Danita that because.

559
00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 3: Oh Danita, Oh well see that's a I don't have

560
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,360
Speaker 3: to have that conversation with her like season.

561
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Speaker 1: That's an episode. Yeah, well, listen.

562
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Speaker 2: I appreciate you so much, and congratulations for everything.

563
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Speaker 1: I mean, did I miss I know there's other things,

564
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Speaker 1: I'm sure.

565
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, no, that was more than enough. And

566
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 3: thank you again for sharing your platform. I love what

567
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 3: you're doing. I love how you're opening the door for

568
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,920
Speaker 3: young women to understand that there's more than enough room

569
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 3: everywhere for everybody.

570
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 2: And listen, whatever I could do, I always want to help.

571
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 2: And there's people that are like new artists, up and

572
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,560
Speaker 2: coming women. I'm always like, I know how hard it

573
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 2: is yes to be a woman and to be in

574
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 2: this business, and so if there's anything I can do

575
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 2: to help other people, I'm definitely the person that is

576
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 2: glad to be in this position for that very.

577
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Speaker 4: Purpose, and that's why you're in.

578
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Speaker 1: Thank you.

579
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 2: You know, I don't know how what a blessing this

580
00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 2: is for me to have you up here, So thank

581
00:28:58,720 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 2: you so much.

582
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Speaker 3: I really thank you. Like I said, I've been following

583
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 3: you for a long time. We've been following you for

584
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 3: a long so proud of everything.

585
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 2: I feel like it's shining on me right absolutely, it

586
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 2: was shining on you when I walked the road, you know,

587
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 2: like it is.

588
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 4: All you have to do is just show up and

589
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 4: be you. That's the beauty of everything, you know.

590
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: Thank you. You can come up here anytime my days,

591
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 1: but thank you so much.

592
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 2: I appreciate it. Make sure y'all get the album September thirteenth.

593
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 3: September thirteenth and Sunny Days and the Church Doors, whichever

594
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 3: version you want. You can buy all three if you

595
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 3: want to praise the Lord. It's out right now wherever

596
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 3: you get your great music.

597
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: All right, and we're not going to take a long

598
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: break again from putting out an album.

599
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 4: No we're not, okay, no we're notice. I've already promised.

600
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 4: No I have already prom all right.

601
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: I know Sylvia Roon got at you, absolute yes she did.

602
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 1: It's rollout doing all right. Well you're lying to Adams.

603
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 4: Thank you so much, Thank you, Angie