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| 1. | And I wanted to learn how to pray. |
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| 2. | At dances when I was a little kid, Art would be up there singing while I'd be dancing with some girl a foot taller than me. |
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| 3. | But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment. |
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| 4. | Every morning I wake up and thank God. |
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| 5. | Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly. |
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| 6. | I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music. |
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| 7. | I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me. |
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| 8. | I became fascinated by the Ave Maria. |
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| 9. | I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants. |
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| 10. | I just sing. You have to use it. |
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| 11. | I knew how to pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary, but I wanted something deeper. |
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| 12. | I owe it all to Jesus. |
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| 13. | I really like listening to music in my car. |
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| 14. | I sing around the house, in the shower. |
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| 15. | I think everyone can find something in these songs they can relate to. The message is about having faith and direction. |
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| 16. | I think things happened the way they did for a reason. |
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| 17. | I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches. |
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| 18. | I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award. |
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| 19. | If you had told me I'd be making 62 tomorrow, I'd say you were lying. |
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| 20. | It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great. |
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| 21. | It's a thanksgiving to God. It's something I have wanted to do for a long time, but the record company wasn't ready for it. So I did it myself. |
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| 22. | Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while. |
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| 23. | My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride. |
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| 24. | So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years. |
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| 25. | So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday. |
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| 26. | Sometimes I sing along in the car, if something good is playing like Marvin Gaye. |
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| 27. | Success to me is being together as brothers and still looking out for each other. |
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| 28. | That sound of praising the Blessed Lady was like a saving grace for me, especially when I was at the bottom of a pit. |
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| 29. | The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience. |
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| 30. | These songs have always been with me. They have helped me through some rough times. When I felt like I had nothing, I still had these songs. |
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| 31. | Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did. |
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| 32. | We lived together as kids, and now we're taking care of each other as men. |
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| 33. | When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen. |
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| 34. | When I went to the movies and heard cowboys like Roy Rogers and Gene Autry yodeling when I came out of the movie I was that guy. |
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| 35. | When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time. |
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