WEBVTT - Actor, Musician, Corey Feldman

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<v Speaker 1>Taking a walk.

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<v Speaker 2>I think as an artist, we all go to extremes.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think there's an artist out there who likes

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<v Speaker 2>to live in the middle of the road.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to this episode of Taking a Walk with your

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<v Speaker 1>host Buzznight. Today, Buzz is joined by actor, musician, activist,

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<v Speaker 1>and author Corey Feldman. Corey has appeared in countless movie

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<v Speaker 1>and television shows, and he got a start starring in

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<v Speaker 1>a Cleo Award winning McDonald's commercial when he was just

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<v Speaker 1>three years old. He was also on the New York

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<v Speaker 1>Times bestseller list for his twenty thirteen autobiography, Corey Agraphy.

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<v Speaker 1>He's always colorful, and he's got a lot on his mind, and.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll hear it all.

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<v Speaker 1>Next with actor, musician, author, and activist Corey Feldman on

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<v Speaker 1>Taking a Walk with Buzz Night.

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<v Speaker 2>Next.

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<v Speaker 4>Hi Corey, Hello, Hi, thanks for being on Taking a

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<v Speaker 4>Walk virtually but nonetheless thanks for being on man.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, Buzz though, are you great?

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<v Speaker 4>Corey, Hey, Congratulations on the new song Deceptive Deborah, Thank

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<v Speaker 4>you very much.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it's a very exciting single, very exciting surprise.

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<v Speaker 3>What a cheery, uplifting love song.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, I was feeling romantic and I thought

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<v Speaker 2>what better for the love rechoors to her than something

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<v Speaker 2>super cheery and positive. I can make us all feel

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<v Speaker 2>wholesome and wanted and needed. No I'm joking, but you know, hey, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>love sometimes is a many feathered bird, and it is

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<v Speaker 2>not always a good feeling. Sometimes love can be a

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<v Speaker 2>painful feeling, as we all know, and that's okay, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's something to talk about. So that's what art is about.

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<v Speaker 2>Art is about being subjective and putting our feelings down

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<v Speaker 2>and getting them out there, regardless of whether they're a

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<v Speaker 2>positive or a negative experience. And so therefore I try

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<v Speaker 2>to be true to form.

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<v Speaker 4>She got blood in her eyes. You think you know her,

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<v Speaker 4>but you better think twice.

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<v Speaker 2>Boy, oh boy, yes, have you ever met anybody like

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<v Speaker 2>that before?

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<v Speaker 3>Never?

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<v Speaker 2>Never, of course, not, of course not.

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<v Speaker 4>Can you talk about how music can be this soothing force,

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<v Speaker 4>but it also can be this tool that's the equivalent

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<v Speaker 4>of hitting someone over the head with a two by four.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know that it can be all of those

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<v Speaker 2>things at the same time. I don't think that's my intention.

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<v Speaker 2>You know this, The irony of this is just as

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<v Speaker 2>it were. But in fact, you know a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people are going to say, well, you know, did you

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<v Speaker 2>write this about your wife because you're going through a breakup. No,

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<v Speaker 2>I actually didn't write it about my wife. This is

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<v Speaker 2>not about Courtney. It's just a true coincidence that this

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<v Speaker 2>is what popped out, because sometimes you know, you don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're just writing something, and sometimes things pop out. I

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<v Speaker 2>have had a lot of deceptive devras in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>so I think it's more of a figurative kind of term.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's really specified around one particular person.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, but of course a lot of people will

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<v Speaker 2>draw that connection.

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<v Speaker 4>So you mentioned art earlier, and I was thinking about

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<v Speaker 4>the songwriting process comparing it to artwork. Would you classify

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<v Speaker 4>yourself as Monet or Jackson Pollock?

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<v Speaker 2>I probably neither. I would say definitely more on the

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<v Speaker 2>gouty type side of anything maybe or Salvador Dali, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>more of the psychedelic art I suppose where you have

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of think about it and it might have

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<v Speaker 2>a double meaning. There might be going more going on

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<v Speaker 2>beneath the surface than you expect, looking for the multiple layers,

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<v Speaker 2>being able to read something into it and getting something

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<v Speaker 2>out of it. Because I think you know, for me,

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<v Speaker 2>when I write, I want to tell a story, but

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<v Speaker 2>I also want to make sure that I leave somebody

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<v Speaker 2>with some form of a message. And it's usually a

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<v Speaker 2>positive one, even if it's sometimes you got to keep

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<v Speaker 2>your eyes open or watch it back or whatever. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's cold, hard truths can be tough, but at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time important lessons in life. Right, So I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's I think you know, it's all about putting the

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<v Speaker 2>message out there one way or another.

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<v Speaker 4>Looking back at your career, well, one of my favorite

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<v Speaker 4>movies of all time is stand By Me, and I

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<v Speaker 4>was I was looking at the soundtrack of stand By Me,

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<v Speaker 4>with so many great songs in there, everything from every

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<v Speaker 4>Day by Buddy Holly to Jerry Lee Lewis, great Balls

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<v Speaker 4>of Fire, and of course you know the Benny King

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<v Speaker 4>stand by Me.

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<v Speaker 3>What are some of your favorite songs from stand by Me?

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<v Speaker 3>The movie?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I always loved rock and Robin. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's a great one. And of course that starts

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<v Speaker 2>off the film at the very beginning with the treehouse scene.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I really like the lollipop you know

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<v Speaker 2>that we did on the train tracks. That was fun

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<v Speaker 2>as well, So it's a fun movie. And by the way.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we are on tour right now. We're hitting

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<v Speaker 2>the US. We're getting ready in about a week we

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<v Speaker 2>leave and our first show is on Saturday, a week

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<v Speaker 2>from Saturday in northern California. So we're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>all over the United States. And while we're on this tour,

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<v Speaker 2>we do a section of the show which we dedicate

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<v Speaker 2>to the film's soundtracks and you know, kind of going

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<v Speaker 2>down memory lane, and that's exactly what we do, and

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<v Speaker 2>we play them by me actually is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>songs during the show. So hopefully some of your listeners

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<v Speaker 2>can make it out and see us live and get

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to experience it, because it is a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of fun. It's like a giant sing along and just

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<v Speaker 2>as you said, it's like memory lane. Everybody chimes in

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<v Speaker 2>and sings along and it's like Kumbaya. It's lots of fun.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you're also on some of the shows. I think,

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<v Speaker 4>aren't you Paine tribute to Lost Boys as well.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right. Well, we go through we do like a

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<v Speaker 2>movie section of the show, so there's a lot there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of ground that we cover. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a big show, but we do some of the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>classic hits people want to hear, going all the way

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<v Speaker 2>back to the eighties, you know, some of the songs

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<v Speaker 2>that I wrote for film soundtracks, and then of course

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<v Speaker 2>some of the stuff that you know has been popular

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<v Speaker 2>in recent years, like my top forty Billboard songs and

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<v Speaker 2>those kinds of things. And then we go through all

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of classic film soundtracks, because there's people forget,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of number one films associated with a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of my films, So you know those songs we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be doing, from Goony's to stand By Me

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<v Speaker 2>to Lost Boys. We kind of go through like the

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<v Speaker 2>whole chronology of it. It's really fun. It's like a

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<v Speaker 2>time machine. It's like getting into a time machine full

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<v Speaker 2>of love and having a great positive experience. That's the mission.

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<v Speaker 3>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>How did you learn the importance in life of having

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<v Speaker 4>really diverse interest Well.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what. First of all, I think as

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<v Speaker 2>an artist, we all go to extremes. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>there's an artist out there who likes to live in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of the road, because you wouldn't be an artist,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you didn't feel on a very heightened

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<v Speaker 2>sense of awareness as an artist, if you weren't ultra sensitive,

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<v Speaker 2>if you weren't ultra aware have some kind of insight,

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<v Speaker 2>then you wouldn't really have much to offer the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of the world. The whole idea is being able to

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<v Speaker 2>like reflect and be able to write it down in

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<v Speaker 2>some way, whether it's through a painting, whether it's through words,

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<v Speaker 2>through poetry, through a script, through music. However we can

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<v Speaker 2>transcribe it, it's still an emotional exchange from one human

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<v Speaker 2>to another. And that's why we're also petrified and terrified

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<v Speaker 2>of AI because you know, we're literally talking about computers

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<v Speaker 2>taking over our emotions or our job to project those emotions.

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<v Speaker 4>So there's so much that you give to the world

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<v Speaker 4>in terms of how you highlight many different causes and

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<v Speaker 4>important things, and I want to give you the time

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<v Speaker 4>to talk about a few of those because I think

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<v Speaker 4>it's important how you put yourself out there for those.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that. I mean, look, I've been working on

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<v Speaker 2>many great causes through the years, you know, but we're

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<v Speaker 2>very you know, grateful that I've had an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>do certain things. You know, there's a lot of different

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<v Speaker 2>areas I work in, whether it's children's rights, protecting children,

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<v Speaker 2>helping to change laws. I am an ambassador for Child USA,

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<v Speaker 2>so I helped to change laws in different states regarding

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<v Speaker 2>statute of limitations. I've also helped change laws regarding animal rights.

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<v Speaker 2>I do a lot of work with animal rights. I've

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<v Speaker 2>changed laws actually. In fact, in Boston, I helped change

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<v Speaker 2>some real laws, real gestation crates and things like that

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston. And pigs. I think we outlawed the pigs

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<v Speaker 2>not having enough room to turn around, things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>So yes, I work in all sorts of different areas,

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<v Speaker 2>but basically any way that I can to help children

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<v Speaker 2>and animals and the environment as well. You know, things

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<v Speaker 2>that don't necessarily have their own voice, I try to

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<v Speaker 2>help them find one or lend mine.

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<v Speaker 4>Three of your favorite musicians that maybe you'd like to

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<v Speaker 4>jam with in your career.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Paul McCartney, David Gilmore and Billie Joel.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, that was definitive.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I would give pretty much anybody's belongings to be

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<v Speaker 2>old to, including mine. Okay, fine, mine too, to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to work with any of those guys.

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<v Speaker 3>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>Corey Felban, thanks for being on taking a walk man, appreciated.

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<v Speaker 4>Good luck on the release and good luck on the

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<v Speaker 4>tour man.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice talking to you too, and I hope to see

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<v Speaker 2>you guys up there in that area very soon.

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