Just like one of the actors, you know, would say their lines, I want you to sing it, you know, live.

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Except you don't sing messed up, you sing something else which I can't say on National Public Radio.

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This is an extension of a hymn I often sing: you as a compliance officer must understand your business.

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' We--I just want you to sing it live.

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"Most of them don't think they can sing, but they can, I assure you, " he said.

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Lest you scoff at my predilection for elementary-level reading (the book is rated for ages four to eight), I beg you to look past the pastel illustrations and sing-songy cadence of the writing and see this book for what it is: a beautiful script about parenthood, a poignant parable about life and death, a testimony to when the roles of child and parent become blurry.

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And when I finished, he says to me, he says, 'My God, I ain't never heard a woman sing the blues like you sing the blues before in my life.

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His feelings for his parents also emerge in songs like "123 Goodbye, " which includes the line "I love you more in death than I ever could in life, " though Perkins prefers to sing about these thoughts rather than talk about them.

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There was also suggestion that we might sing a duet together. (Applause.) And I have to tell you, though, you try to limit these appearances so that you leave them hungry for more. (Laughter.) So we may not hear me singing for quite some time.

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