WEBVTT - BRANDI CARLILE: By The Way, I Forgive You

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<v Speaker 1>Hi there. I'm Delilah, and I am so glad that

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<v Speaker 1>you've decided to check out my podcast. It's a great

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<v Speaker 1>outlet for me to have because it's free of a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the rules that apply to regular radio programming.

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<v Speaker 1>This podcast allows me to just talk to talk to you,

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to our guests, to address subjects without any

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<v Speaker 1>time constraints, without a boss breathing down my next saying

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<v Speaker 1>be quiet and play the music. And this podcast has

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<v Speaker 1>They're there for your current winter woes like snowshovels and salt,

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<v Speaker 1>but also for your dreams of spring plants and bulbs

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<v Speaker 1>and everything you need to plan your garden ahead of time.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you to the Home Depot for making this

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<v Speaker 1>podcast possible. Brandy carl is with me today. She's a

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<v Speaker 1>hometown Seattle girl. She has got a farm like me.

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<v Speaker 1>She's got goats and dogs and beautiful kids. But you

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<v Speaker 1>know what else Brandy Carlyle has that I don't. She

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<v Speaker 1>has six Grammy nominations. Six six Grammy nominations. Whoo, Brandy Carlisle,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for taking this time to reach out. It

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<v Speaker 1>is so good to connect with you during such an

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<v Speaker 1>exciting time in your career.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's my pleasure. How are you? So?

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<v Speaker 1>I find it kind of weird that I've been in

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<v Speaker 1>radio since long before you were born, in radio in

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<v Speaker 1>the city you were born, and I've followed your music

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<v Speaker 1>and owned your album back in the day when I

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<v Speaker 1>actually owned an album. And this is the first time

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<v Speaker 1>I've got to talk to you because somebody you love

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<v Speaker 1>is somebody that I now love.

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<v Speaker 2>In a door, Oh yeah, I never.

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<v Speaker 1>Got to talk to you before until I met Kim,

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<v Speaker 1>and She's like, what I know, I know, let me

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<v Speaker 1>facilitate this for you.

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<v Speaker 2>I know. And I've been listening to you for years?

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<v Speaker 2>How cool is that as long as I can remember? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Cool. So Kim was telling me that we've got many

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<v Speaker 1>many things in common, including horses and goats. Yeahats a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more than you do, though.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>So tell me about your your new project, your new album,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I want to talk about your work with refugees.

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<v Speaker 1>But first we're going to talk about your brand new album.

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<v Speaker 2>That's out well, and then an album with the Twins,

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<v Speaker 2>my longtime band and brothers, Kim and Philhans, a off

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<v Speaker 2>called by the.

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<v Speaker 1>Way I asked of you, Now, can I can I

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<v Speaker 1>share this because because Kim told me this that you

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<v Speaker 1>guys not only work together and played together and produce

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<v Speaker 1>together and record together, but you also like live in

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<v Speaker 1>the same general area, so you like do your like family?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's cultish. One of them's married to my little

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<v Speaker 2>sister and so they're little kids and my niece and nephew,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you know, buy marriage in some way or

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<v Speaker 2>another them related to the other one because of that,

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<v Speaker 2>So his wife and his two kids or my other

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<v Speaker 2>niece and nephew. And then we have a long time

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<v Speaker 2>cellice who's been in our band for about fifteen years.

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<v Speaker 2>Josh Newman. He married my wife's sister, and.

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<v Speaker 1>So you really really really are family.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And the engineer that tours with the band, and

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<v Speaker 2>that engineered Firewalker's daughter, and Bear Creek is marrying my

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<v Speaker 2>wife's other sister. So we basically are all married into

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<v Speaker 2>the band.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you can never ever break up. The band

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<v Speaker 1>can never break up. In the marriages can never break up.

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<v Speaker 2>It would cause real problems if one of the marriages hit,

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<v Speaker 2>uh yeah, because we'd all probably take sides and freak out.

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<v Speaker 1>And that would just be bad for the music. That

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<v Speaker 1>would be bad for us fans.

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<v Speaker 2>It gives the music a real serious depth. But I

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<v Speaker 2>suppose the music's always in jeopardy because if something went wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in the family, it'd be a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, are you guys going to be like Fleetwood Mac

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<v Speaker 1>and if things do, you know, go upside down for

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<v Speaker 1>a minute, write a great song about it and and

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<v Speaker 1>capitalize on that pain.

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<v Speaker 2>Like write revenge songs. Probably, But then you have to

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<v Speaker 2>go back to it.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, I forgive.

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<v Speaker 2>You, yep, back to this record.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's let's talk about by the way I forgive you. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So you've got a single off that tell me about

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<v Speaker 1>the single and why you chose that one. Because I

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<v Speaker 1>listened to the whole thing, I could not I could

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<v Speaker 1>not pick a favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, it was really hard, actually, but the joke felt

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<v Speaker 2>like a favorite to me because it's so uplifting, a

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<v Speaker 2>universally anthemic that it was just like a message I

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<v Speaker 2>just felt like we all wanted needed to hear right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it was the only single that's ever been

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<v Speaker 2>chosen as a single based on the message and for

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<v Speaker 2>us anyway, and that's why we chose it.

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<v Speaker 1>We do need a message of hope, a message of laughter,

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<v Speaker 1>a message of let's get over it. Brandy Carlisle is

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<v Speaker 1>with me today and we're talking about kids, our fur babies,

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<v Speaker 1>and oh yeah, those Grammy nominations. This podcast has been

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<v Speaker 1>made possible by the wonderful folks at the Home Depot.

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<v Speaker 1>The Home Depot is a great company that makes anything

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<v Speaker 1>home improvement possible for us each and every day. We

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<v Speaker 1>now go back to continue our conversation with six time

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<v Speaker 1>Grammy nominee Brandy Carlisle. One of the things that I

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<v Speaker 1>love and have loved about you when I heard about

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<v Speaker 1>your Cover Stories project is that you're not just talking

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<v Speaker 1>about it. You're doing something to try to help and

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<v Speaker 1>bless kids who are affected by war.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's basically what Warchild does, you know, is it

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<v Speaker 2>deals with kids that are having to see horrific things

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<v Speaker 2>that they're having to see it on a daily basis,

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<v Speaker 2>or they've seen it and its shaped their little lives

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<v Speaker 2>in a way that they're not going to get beyond

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<v Speaker 2>because they don't have the emotional maturity process what they've seen.

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<v Speaker 2>More child introduce as an education and so these kids

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<v Speaker 2>are actually getting their schooling in the camp, so that

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<v Speaker 2>if and when they actually do get out of the camp,

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<v Speaker 2>when the rest of us, you know, get our heads

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<v Speaker 2>on straight and realize that these people need to be

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<v Speaker 2>assimilated into the rest of the world, then they will

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<v Speaker 2>have an education or have a way forward. They'll be

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<v Speaker 2>ready to live their lives functionally and productively.

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<v Speaker 1>And I am so, so so proud of that. I've

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<v Speaker 1>six of my kids are adopted out of refugee camps.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, and good on you. There's a lot of really

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<v Speaker 2>cool people doing really good things in the world and

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<v Speaker 2>not getting nearly enough visibility for it. It's not that

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<v Speaker 2>you do it for visibility, but you do the visibility

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<v Speaker 2>part of it because it inspires other people to do

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<v Speaker 2>good work.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly. Exactly. Yeah, there's way too much bad news, uh huh,

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<v Speaker 1>So we need we need to highlight to put a

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<v Speaker 1>spotlight on the good things, the great things, the powerful things,

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<v Speaker 1>the loving things, the kind things.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And I mean, if I could focus it down

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<v Speaker 2>to just like if I could give you know, at

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<v Speaker 2>least my life right now, one one purpose it would

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<v Speaker 2>be to depoliticize babies and to kind of reintroduce people

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<v Speaker 2>in this country, like reintroduce us to our empathy, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and remembering that everybody somebody's baby, and there's just no

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<v Speaker 2>such thing as just a junkie, and there's no such

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<v Speaker 2>thing as just a criminal or just an immigrant or

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<v Speaker 2>just a refugee, or just a person of different ethnicity

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<v Speaker 2>that like babies or babies, and everyone is somebody's baby.

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<v Speaker 2>And if we could just like remember that once a day,

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<v Speaker 2>I really think we would live much longer and happier life.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, Well, you keep doing your part, keep singing, keep playing,

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<v Speaker 1>keep encouraging. I'll do my part.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, clearly are. You're doing your part and mine at

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<v Speaker 2>about fifteen other people's part.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there is a scripture I believe to who

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<v Speaker 1>much is given, much is expected. And when you've been

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<v Speaker 1>given great blessings like you have with your voice, your music,

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<v Speaker 1>your talent, your circle, the twins, the family.

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<v Speaker 2>That you know, beautiful are the feet that bring good

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<v Speaker 2>news and you have some fu.

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<v Speaker 1>Feat and you're the only person in the world and

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<v Speaker 1>that is the only context in the world that that

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<v Speaker 1>would be said about my size eleven hoofers. But it's true.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's keep bringing good news and you keep singing good songs,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you're going to bring the kids to my farm.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I can come and walk the trails on your

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<v Speaker 1>farm and absolutely figure out how we can continue to

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<v Speaker 1>just be a light in the darkness. There you go, Brandy,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for taking the time in the midst of

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<v Speaker 1>all of this excitement to talk to us. I wish

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<v Speaker 1>you the best for the Grammy Awards, but more than that,

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<v Speaker 1>I wish you love. I love the way you live

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<v Speaker 1>your life and love your children and your tribe. You

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<v Speaker 1>have an amazing tribe of people around you that you

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<v Speaker 1>have built, and I love your music. You have already won.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if you don't win the Grammys, which I hope

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<v Speaker 1>you do, but you have already won our hearts and

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<v Speaker 1>our respect. Brandy Carlisle, thank you for being here with me.

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<v Speaker 2>Today is really Billy Blayant Turky Delilah. Thank you so

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<v Speaker 2>much for you've made my whole day.