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Speaker 2: I believe music's therapeutic.

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Speaker 3: I've always said it, and what I call what I

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Speaker 3: do is therapeutic music. And I think music is probably

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Speaker 3: the closest thing to therapy I got until I was

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Speaker 3: in my thirties. It was the closest thing to a

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Speaker 2: Some music's meant to be heard and some music's meant

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Speaker 3: And when I was young, I got hyper focused on

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Speaker 3: how constant president always was in our lives.

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Speaker 1: This podcast is called Music Saved Me, and on each episode,

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Speaker 1: we'll look at a musician, will delve into their story

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Speaker 1: their deep connection to music. We'll talk with their fans. Everyday,

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Speaker 1: people with their own story to tell about how music

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Speaker 1: has saved them in challenging times. I'm Lynn Hoffman, your

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Speaker 1: host for the Music Saved Me podcast. Hey, we are

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Speaker 1: so lucky to have one of music's fastest rising stars

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Speaker 1: on Music Saved Me. His music defies categorization, running the

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Speaker 1: gambit from rap to rock, but his big break has

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Speaker 1: bred in Nashville, and his name is jelly Roll. Jelly Roll,

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Speaker 1: welcome to the show. Tell everyone who you are and

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Speaker 1: how music has saved you.

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, my name is Jelly Roll. I'm Jason

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Speaker 3: d FDA from Nashville, Tennessee. Music saved me two or

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Speaker 3: three times over. The first time I seen music have

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Speaker 3: I just remember, that's the only time we've seen her

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Speaker 2: But I just remember how impactful the music.

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Speaker 1: Now, do you believe music has sort of supernatural healing powers,

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Speaker 3: I believe music is therapeutic. I've always said it, and

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Speaker 3: I would think that I would hope. My mission statement

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Speaker 2: And when you let God in it, you know, it's undeniable.

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Speaker 1: We live today in such a divided world. How can

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Speaker 3: I tell you this, man. Music brings everybody together. It

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Speaker 3: It's like a suffer table thing, right, It's what brings

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Speaker 3: Think it's cool when you see cultures connect through music.

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Speaker 2: It's awesome, man, music does it.

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Speaker 3: I think how many times we find those moments right

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Speaker 1: Oh you know what I mean, never judge a book

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Speaker 3: I think the thing I'm the most proud of is

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Speaker 3: You know what I mean, and that I love that

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Speaker 3: You know, I'm glad that I can just go listen

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Speaker 4: says what he needs to say, and he's real.

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Speaker 2: He's genuine.

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Speaker 5: For me personally, I think it's a great collaboration of

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Speaker 5: so many stigmas in the public eye, and opening up

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Speaker 5: in music is a great way for so many different

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Speaker 5: going through.

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Speaker 1: Now, you've got a lot of different music in your time.

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Speaker 1: Do you remember the first time you rapped?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely.

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Speaker 3: My mother struggled with like mental health and addiction stuff, right,

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Speaker 3: and she'd come to the kitchen and the whole house

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Speaker 3: this makes mom happy.

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Speaker 2: I should go write music, right, So.

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Speaker 3: I went upstairs and I and I wrote a rap

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Speaker 3: because hip hop.

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Speaker 2: Was super influential in our culture, and.

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Speaker 3: I was I went downstairs with my little sheet of paper,

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Speaker 3: I called them the Golden girls, like six or seven, mother,

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Speaker 3: the record off and said what you got. I said,

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Speaker 3: listen to this, and I held my little sheet of

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Speaker 3: paper up and I was shaking the whole time, and

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Speaker 3: I rapped her a little rap and I was probably

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Speaker 3: twelve years old. Eleven years old, I don't like I

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Speaker 3: just remember that feeling of everybody cheering me on and

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Speaker 3: telling me to go write another one, and hindsight, they

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Speaker 3: were just trying to rid of me.

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Speaker 2: That's how we do kids.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Greg, you're riding another one of those.

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Speaker 1: That is so cool. Thank you so much. This has

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Speaker 1: been just an amazing few minutes to spend with an

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Speaker 1: amazing artist and person. We have just heard the authentic

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Speaker 1: story of an incredible storyteller and someone who truly honors

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Speaker 1: the impact of music in all of our lives. Jelly

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Speaker 1: Roll is on a mission to spread the good words

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Speaker 1: of his music and make a real difference in the world,

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Speaker 1: and I think he's doing just that. I'm Lynn Hoffman

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Speaker 1: and thank you so much for listening to this episode

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Speaker 1: of Music Saved Me.