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" One overindulges when you're younger, and you pay the price in later years. But I always realized how important it was for me to take care of myself and my voice if I was gonna have a voice when I was older. "

Paul Rodgers

Myself

Care

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Disco

You

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Paul Rodgers

Soul

King

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Paul Rodgers

Dad

Worked

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Paul Rodgers

First

Red

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Paul Rodgers

Food

Carry

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