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gospel singing ... is the rawest, sweetest, uninhibited and exquisite sounds a person can make or hear. It isn't music, it's an entire experience you feel and live. A sound to rise you up again.

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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
Cartoonist
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