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" My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy. "

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" I'm very much a gentleman in what I do. "

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" I was always my own person. "

" I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention. "

" I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man. "

" Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children. "

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