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GRAMMY-winning Artist Jody Watley on the National Museum of African American Music & the 34th Anniversary of her groundbreaking, self-titled debut album · The Steve Harvey Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: one of my favorites. She makes me laugh, she makes
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  Speaker 1: you smile all the time. Is Jody Watley. She's a
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  Speaker 1: Grammy Award winning trend setting pioneer and music video, fashion
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  Speaker 1: and style. Jodie is listening on Billboards Top sixty Hot
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  Speaker 1: one hundred female artists of all time. She's top twenty
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  Speaker 1: five dance artists of all time. She became one of
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  Speaker 1: the first artists to release a million selling video, dance
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  Speaker 1: The Fitness. She was the first woman of color to
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  Speaker 1: play Rizzo on Broadway and they hit Musical Greece. She's
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  Speaker 1: an entrepreneur and she's celebrating the thirty fourth anniversary of
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  Speaker 1: her breakthrough Grammy Award winning solo album and the mega
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  Speaker 1: hits like I'm Looking for a New Love, Don't You
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  Speaker 1: Want Me? And still a three? And please marking the
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  Speaker 1: money Making conversation before we get out of hand, Joy girl,
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  Speaker 1: come on down here. How you doing, my friend? I'm great,
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  Speaker 1: great to see you and uh be here with you
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  Speaker 1: on money making conversation. You know, it's really always a
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  Speaker 1: pleasure to do. Your images always shine you know, and
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  Speaker 1: I always tell people are you know I talked about
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  Speaker 1: that earlier in my intro about age, because people stend
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  Speaker 1: to start saying what they can't do when they reach
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  Speaker 1: a certain age. Talk give people advice about that journey
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  Speaker 1: and that that limits yourself, specially your friends and your
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  Speaker 1: family can stop you too, you know, and your loved
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  Speaker 1: ones can stop you to talk about being able to
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  Speaker 1: overcome the odds. Basically, sometimes it's just you look in
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  Speaker 1: the mirror stopping yourself. You know. That is so true.
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  Speaker 1: And one of my mantras is just live life. Forget
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  Speaker 1: your age, don't worry about what people have to say
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  Speaker 1: about you. Just live and and be your authentic self.
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  Speaker 1: And I think if you get hung up on age,
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  Speaker 1: it really will prevent you from, um, you don't know
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  Speaker 1: what the exuberance the new goals. Um. You know, life
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  Speaker 1: doesn't end until it ends. And so I'm a big
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  Speaker 1: a lever and uh and that's why I'm always so exuberant,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm just mad, absolutely, And it's not about
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  Speaker 1: trying to dress young and not trying to act young.
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  Speaker 1: It's being topical. It's about being able to live life.
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  Speaker 1: And it was my staff. I always said rio, you know,
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  Speaker 1: act your age from a standpoint, how I walk, I address,
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  Speaker 1: how I talk, And I watched television. I watch television
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  Speaker 1: like I want King Kong, I mean in Godzilla for
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  Speaker 1: the second time with my daughter, you know, because I
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  Speaker 1: just liked them know different things and like the experience
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  Speaker 1: of the thing. Then I turn around watch Captain America
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  Speaker 1: on Disney Plus. And then I turn around and watch
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  Speaker 1: different types of movies, different types of sitcoms, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: in tune it with the news that's going on as
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  Speaker 1: social injustice and COVID nineteen. And that's really what we're
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  Speaker 1: talking about. Still aware, correct, yes, absolutely being aware and
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  Speaker 1: also always having that you know, that inner child that
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  Speaker 1: should always be within us to continue to learn and
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  Speaker 1: grow and explore and be excited. It's like, get excited
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  Speaker 1: about being alive, being here, having new opportunities each day.
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  Speaker 1: It's a new opportunity. And to let your light shine.
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  Speaker 1: You know. If I was saying before what it is,
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  Speaker 1: you're like, don't let anyone, damn it, reduce it. Keep
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  Speaker 1: your light shining, you know. And I wanted to get
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  Speaker 1: you back on the show because last time we talked
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  Speaker 1: was in September and we were still was you know,
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  Speaker 1: Kovie was still wrapped around our neck, but we're still
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  Speaker 1: were starting to see some light. And you know, live
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  Speaker 1: live concerts were basically the live events in general was
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  Speaker 1: shut down. Everything was virtual. You really can make money virtual,
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  Speaker 1: and so so the tory industry was just put on hold.
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  Speaker 1: And so now we're kind of COVID vaccine. I will
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  Speaker 1: tell everybody I've been vaccinated twice, and I'm not putting
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  Speaker 1: that pressure on anybody, just like you know, that's what
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  Speaker 1: I did. I just felt that I wanted to take
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  Speaker 1: control of my life. I didn't have control of my life.
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  Speaker 1: I still wear masks, Jody, and I still through the
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  Speaker 1: hand sanitizer. But still I feel I'm more comfortable, not
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  Speaker 1: that I've been vaccinated. I feel like I when I
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  Speaker 1: when I get the sniffles. I don't think there's COVID
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  Speaker 1: nineteen okay, you know exactly. And I just had my
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  Speaker 1: first dose and I posted a little short clip on
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  Speaker 1: my social media first dose last week. And like you,
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  Speaker 1: it's like being in control of something that was, you know,
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  Speaker 1: out of our hands, and to encourage others to to do,
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  Speaker 1: you know, do, let's do our part to get beyond
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  Speaker 1: this I'm still masking too, and I will continue to
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  Speaker 1: double mask even though even after I get my second dose, um,
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  Speaker 1: because I'm comfortable with it now, you know, and so
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  Speaker 1: and just washing hands and sanitize. It's it's to me,
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  Speaker 1: it's a way of life now. But I feel, like
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  Speaker 1: you said, it's like when you get the sniffles or something,
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  Speaker 1: you won't think, oh my gosh, you know, uh so, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I got dose one and my hurt like crazy though
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  Speaker 1: it's the only thing. People it's like, I got, I
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  Speaker 1: got fight fighter. What did you Which one did you get?
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  Speaker 1: Because you know, so they will tell you to get
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  Speaker 1: there what you're gonna get. You know you said you
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  Speaker 1: won't show up. I want mcdonna. Well they go, you
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  Speaker 1: don't know, just get in lie when you get a
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  Speaker 1: lot and tell you when they hit you all listen
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  Speaker 1: Johnson and Johnson. They don't know. But all I know
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  Speaker 1: is that you know, just you know, it really did
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  Speaker 1: change me in the positive. I'm not gonna Jody when
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  Speaker 1: I got that the first when I was like you
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  Speaker 1: just you don't realize how much stress you under walking around,
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  Speaker 1: you know, people coming up to you. Some people might
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  Speaker 1: come up to you mask, some people come with you.
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  Speaker 1: Remember the mask, don't guarantee you. You know this. You
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  Speaker 1: look at CDC. They have changed the rules every other day,
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  Speaker 1: you know. And so when you get food, you go shopping,
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  Speaker 1: did you touch the grocery basket? When you get gas,
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  Speaker 1: did you did you? Did you? Did you transfer the
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  Speaker 1: possible jerve to your stern wheel that you did? You did?
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  Speaker 1: Don't know. It's just so many things that that come
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  Speaker 1: into play. Then now I don't have to worry about
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  Speaker 1: But I am still cautious because that's the way we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna live for the rest of our lives. We're gonna be.
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  Speaker 1: And I hand sanitizement because they said flu flues are down,
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  Speaker 1: flu hospitalizations are down because we all sanitizing because we
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  Speaker 1: are more cautious. So, like you said, it's not gonna change, right, No,
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  Speaker 1: I think it will be the lifestyle. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm uh hand sanitizer. I have alcohol wipes in the car,
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  Speaker 1: so when I'm going to the store, it's like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I've got gloves and sanitizing the gloves and so you know, constantly.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, like you said, and I never even
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  Speaker 1: had a flu shot. And so initially for people that
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  Speaker 1: you know, you remember when we were little and it
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  Speaker 1: was mandatory you had to get the vaccine at school
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  Speaker 1: and kids would be crying and passing out. And so
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  Speaker 1: that was the last time I've ever had and I
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  Speaker 1: still have a scar on my arm from that one.
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  Speaker 1: You know, as someone who hates needles, that it was,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to anyone listening, it really it goes so
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  Speaker 1: quick and it was just like a little sting. And
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  Speaker 1: then I've never been so I never thought I would
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  Speaker 1: say I was actually relieved, like you said, to to
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  Speaker 1: get you know, step one, and then I have the
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  Speaker 1: second one. But for a vaccine, you know, it wasn't
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  Speaker 1: it brings a little sense of peace with it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: because it has been stressful. Well, you have to get
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  Speaker 1: vaccinated because some things are happening for you. Girl with
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  Speaker 1: the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, so
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  Speaker 1: you got to come down to Nashville here pretty soon.
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  Speaker 1: Before you come down to Nashville, use a point as
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  Speaker 1: the first ever ambassador for the National Museum of African
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  Speaker 1: American Music. I know a lot of those people up there.
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  Speaker 1: I put the beautic The building is beautiful, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: It's a beautiful building. So tell about tell us about
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  Speaker 1: how you got tied into it and what are some
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  Speaker 1: of the responsibilities being the ambassador of the National Museum
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  Speaker 1: of African American Music and in all its session honor,
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  Speaker 1: you know, needless to say, UM, to be appointed as
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  Speaker 1: the first ambassador, and it really, um, you know, being
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  Speaker 1: recognized for you know, being a trend setter in music,
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  Speaker 1: my longevity, uh, my endeavors as an artist, humanitarian and
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the things that I've done over the years,
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  Speaker 1: and UM, you know, it's it's important to to be
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  Speaker 1: someone who's always known for being you know, well spoken,
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  Speaker 1: prepared in all of those things. And so uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that went into the decision. And so you know,
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  Speaker 1: I encourage memberships and um, spreading information about the museum. UM.
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  Speaker 1: So far there's over a fire artifacts and more to come.
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  Speaker 1: They have interactive galleries. Uh, they have educational programs. So
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  Speaker 1: it's perfect for music lovers of all ages. UM, it's
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  Speaker 1: not even that expensive and for anyone who proclaims to
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  Speaker 1: love African American music and love us. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: not a race thing, but anyone can support the museum
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  Speaker 1: and the memberships. Uh, you know, fifty dollars a year
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  Speaker 1: is really you know, uh doable four dollars a month,
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  Speaker 1: roughly four dollars a month. That's what you were talking
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  Speaker 1: about to support our history and it is the only
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  Speaker 1: history of its kind in the world. And um and so,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, for me, it's an honor to be
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  Speaker 1: the first ambassador. You know, there's a on the general
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  Speaker 1: tron in front at least down you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's really a beautiful I look at my career, I
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  Speaker 1: look at the people I've involved in and I used
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  Speaker 1: the word career because you have a career because you know,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people get opportunities in this business. And
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  Speaker 1: you know what I'm talking about, his life, I look
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  Speaker 1: at and stay relevant and you're you. You managed to
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  Speaker 1: stay relevant and also have a career at the same time.
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  Speaker 1: And that's a scary part because you know, you started
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  Speaker 1: out so young in your career and now you look
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  Speaker 1: at it now. So to talk to my my viewers
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  Speaker 1: and my listeners about you know, longevity and the word
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  Speaker 1: career in the words of Jody Wattley, you know, longevity
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  Speaker 1: is the key because you know you can have uh,
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  Speaker 1: it sustains success is what it's all about and I
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  Speaker 1: think with the decision making, uh, with being a professional,
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  Speaker 1: with seeing the big picture. Um. It just has always
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  Speaker 1: been really important to me as opposed to doing things,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for you know, quick fame or quick glory
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  Speaker 1: or a quick dollar. Um. And so to anyone listening
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  Speaker 1: and watching, it really is always look at the bigger picture,
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  Speaker 1: even when no one else you might be the only
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  Speaker 1: one in your circle, might not have a circle. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And people may try to talk you into things that
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  Speaker 1: are very shortsighted, but you always have to have that vision.
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  Speaker 1: Longevity is the greatest thing no matter what your profession is,
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  Speaker 1: but especially in the music business because it's so you know,
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  Speaker 1: fickle and um. And so I've just really worked at
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  Speaker 1: my craft and also been able to expand you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a songwriter as well. Uh. And so to have
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  Speaker 1: songs that I can still sing or songs that still
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  Speaker 1: get played on the radio. Um. You know, past and
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  Speaker 1: present is everything. But I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: get caught up in the and and I'm very much
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  Speaker 1: live in the moment. But when you're having your career,
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  Speaker 1: you've got to think in the long term and not
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  Speaker 1: the short term. Wow, because I know that I mean
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  Speaker 1: When I first walked stage door stand up comedy in
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  Speaker 1: college and and all, it was just it's just an idea.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know why I was on stage, but I
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  Speaker 1: just knew how something I wanted to do. At what
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  Speaker 1: point in your career because you were just blessed with gifts,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and God, I always believe God gives us
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  Speaker 1: all gifts. It's what we do with those gifts and
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  Speaker 1: how much work we put into following that dream or opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: When didn't you realize this was something that you could
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  Speaker 1: do versus something that you was given opportunity to pursue.
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  Speaker 1: In other words, you can make money off this, you
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  Speaker 1: could live off this. Then comes to challenges of like
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  Speaker 1: I said, sustainability, great question. Um, you know when I
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  Speaker 1: was first starting out, like I said, I always hope
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  Speaker 1: that you know, it's like giving an opportunity, um, being
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  Speaker 1: prepared because my dad, you know, arrested, so he used
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  Speaker 1: to always talk about planning, preparation and purpose and so
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of ingrained in me. Uh So when opportunity
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  Speaker 1: was ready was presenting itself, I was ready for it.
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  Speaker 1: So within the opportunity is how I handled it, How
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  Speaker 1: I handled the adversity how I handled, you know, learning
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  Speaker 1: my situation. You know, starting out, you know, not really
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  Speaker 1: knowing about the business of music, but learning the business
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  Speaker 1: of music is more business than it is. You know.
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  Speaker 1: They call it show business for a reason. Business part
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  Speaker 1: is and a lot of people get that wrong as
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  Speaker 1: they get caught up and oh, I'm famous, and I
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  Speaker 1: never cared about being famous. I can tell you that
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  Speaker 1: I always wanted to be, you know, a performer, have
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  Speaker 1: my own business, UM design club. Like I always had
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  Speaker 1: a lot of ambition, but I've always been really level headed.
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  Speaker 1: And I think when I knew I would make a living,
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's really interesting when you say that, because
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  Speaker 1: moment and then all of a sudden, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: first part of it is just enthusiasm, you know, walking
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  Speaker 1: on stage, seeing all these people, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: now to be DA inducted into the National Museum of
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  Speaker 1: African American Music in June of one. If that's not
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  Speaker 1: tell us about you know, just putting yourself in. That's
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  Speaker 1: that's iconic, That's that's that's beautiful. You know, tears actually,
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  Speaker 1: and wishing my dad would was here and he's smiling
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  Speaker 1: from above because he was the one that always, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and stilled so many you know, great principles and me
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  Speaker 1: and said, you know, I was going to be a
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  Speaker 1: you know, remember only the strong survived. Always. My dad,
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  Speaker 1: he used to get on my nerves because he always
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  Speaker 1: my god, you know, but I'm so thankful because it's
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  Speaker 1: stuck with me, you know, it's stuck with me. And
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: I think that's why the same part of it never
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: has really is to be proud of my work and
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: to um inspire other people. It's very important to me,
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: and I think that I always hope that that is
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: the example that I continue to to set, you know,
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: um and to to have it by being my authentic self,
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: have the style that have and to have influenced so
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: many people, and to be recognized for that in this
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: National Museum of African American Music, it's just it's just
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: a blessing. I don't mess because you've got a lot
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: of looks now, Jody, Okay, now you got a lot
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: of looks. Now, you know we can go back. Curt
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: got the exercise look, you got that. I'm looking for
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: what I'm saying, and so you got that second time,
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: you got that look. You've got so many great looks.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: So so is it gonna be a wax when I
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: go up there in Nashville? Am I gonna see a
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: wax figure of you? I'm gonna see a photo? What
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: iconic look are they gonna have for you or display
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: at the museum? And I can't give it away. It is.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: It is Jody Watley and it's one of my solo
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: iconic looks, and um, I'm just so like I said,
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: I can't wait to see it in how they put
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: the installation together. But I've curating, uh, some of my
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: most curated iconic pieces, okay for people to see. So
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: when they see it, they'll be like, oh my god,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: you know from the Jumbo who you know? You know,
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: it's like that's Jody w Oh my god. You know.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: So I'm just so excited. It's unbelievable, you know. And
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: we haven't fun because you know, and I'm just teasing
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: you out of this tremendous respect and trying to get
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: a little inside information on mighty make a conversation, But
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: I know the big prize is being in June, being
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: there at this celebration with family, with friends, industry executives
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: of other legends in the building. I've been fortunate to
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: be recognized for my my talents and what I've done
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: in this business. And it's really kind of interesting, Jody,
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: because you don't, you know, you live a life so
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: fast and live a life so to the next moment.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: Sometimes you have to you don't look back and realize
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: that path of success. And I mentioned only a few
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: things that you've accomplished in your amazing life. So, like
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: you said, when you got the call, you were in tears.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: Now as it gets closer, we're in April, made you okay,
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: it's a couple of months now, right. Well, you know
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: thing too about getting the vaccine because I haven't traveled
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: and I'll probably have some sort of PTSD, you know,
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: just being and not really being around too many people.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: I've really been in a in a bubble and so
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: so I'm excited to make the trip, uh to Nashville,
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: and you know, uh, it's gonna be beautiful. Well, you know,
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: because you know people gonna want to be on that
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: red carpet. Okay, I gotta turn this way. You gotta
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: turn this way. People donna want to want you to
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: touch them. You're gonna want you to do some selfies. Girl.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: You better be you better be maped up. Get your
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: little plastic sheel on your face. You better at your
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: look special design something you know, you know, but listen,
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: but the blessed it is thirty four years anniversary of
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: you that that that single, that that they put you
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: out there and made you a star at the next up.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: Let me say, let me correct it, the next level
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: star as a solo artist, because that's all we all
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: but want, because you could be in a group maintained success.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: But you know, you gotta kind of grow as a group.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: You gotta train as a group, kind of answers group.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: But when that album dropped, what was the most defining
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: moment for you at that time? Oh you know what?
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: Um before winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artists,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: when the single started taking out my first the debut single,
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: looking for a New Love, and when it started taking off,
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: and and Joe Busby who signed me, who was just
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: so amazing and uh has so much confidence in me
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: and allowed me to present my authentic self. I said, Gerald,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: I just you know, I want to beat Jody hotly.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: I don't want to be marketed as formerly. I just
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: it's Jody Way, Jody Whatley, and this is how I
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: want the visuals to be. And so he really, you know,
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: we all need someone like that, and he was the one.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: He just gave me the freedom. But then galvanized the company,
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: um and the single right away. It just started taking off.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: And you know, I was going kind of like a politician.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: I mean, Gerald, have me going across the country shaking
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: hands and meeting greets and you know, sners and fish
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: fries and at the Pine, and I was meeting everybody
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: you know, and was happy to do it. And so
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: there was such a positive anticipation and um and they
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: loved the song and then they just really um connected
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: with me with the grassroots effort that was invaluable them
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: and uh, I just I never in my wildest dreams
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: I thought it was good, you know, but we all
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: think our work is good and great, but it just
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: it just took off like that's beautiful, just like God
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: just made it happen. You know. You was our girlfriend.
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: You know you was use our girlfriend. You know, buddy,
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: you know somebody because you were natural. You know, there's
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: nothing overblowing about you. You You just sawt like somebody we
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: could walk up talk to you. That's why he puts
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: you in those those natural environments where people can see
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: you just like there. You just have some some talents
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: that God gave you that now you're sharing in the music. Now,
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: before we go, I got to talk about your signature line.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: You know, we know it's about money making conversation as entrepreneurship.
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: I don't want to get lost. And the induction is great,
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: their announcement, the ambassadorship is great. But we know we're
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: about to roll into this June event. We're about to
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: announcement the new arrival of some of your signature line,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: your home Life, Body Missed, and your Calm cover different things.
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: Let's talk about the things in your shop. So we
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: in June. You know, I'm you know, I'm gonna coming
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: with you. I'm trying to come up there and be
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: with you. But more importantly, I'm gonna promote all these
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: things and try to create. Uh. Galvini sends you because
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: a lot of media is going to be around you
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: in the month of June. So let's talk about your
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: entrepreneurship background, your signature homeline. So the candle line, the
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: signature line is luxury soy candles, clean burning. Um. You know.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: I've always been into personal wellness. That goes back to
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: the fitness video dance the fitness um. So it's just
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: a natural progression. So uh, we have calm and comfort
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: and sanctuary. The body miss just coming. That's the new
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: that will be here uh in May and time for
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: Mother's Day even I'm doing a conditioning beard oil for
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: uh for men. Come on that girl. You know I
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: gotta get some of that. I'm teasing Jody, I'm going
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: to buy. Don't seend me nothing. Tell me when it
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: is the link out? Now you have the link I
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: can buy now. Yeah, the uh the oil is not
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: there yet, but this it's Jodi Whitley shop dot com
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: is my online store. Okay, let me know when the
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: when the all for that for the beard comes out,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: because I'm gonna buy. I don't do that, you see
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: me free store No, No, no, you're my people. People
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: take care of each other. We family. Let me, I'm
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: gonna buy. I'm gonna buy sorry, so I can tell
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: everybody I got all on my faceless I'm good too.
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: I'll be dancing in my seats. That's what I want.
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: Because the thing about it is that so just as
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: Jody Whiteley neckt false last shop. Correct, that's that's that's
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: the show. Just go to Johnny Whitley shop dot com.
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: That's the actual store. Okay, cool, that's that's amazing. That's beautiful,
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: so so and so with so the number of things
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: we got coming up. You got some some beard all
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: for people like me, rus Sean McDonald who's trying to
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: look good. This one, little Jody on him, little Jody
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: on the bodys like Candy your wife, and just you know,
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: something for everybody. And I'm gonna continue adding products and
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: it's all natural and organic and you know it makes
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: you feel good, smell good and look good. Oh put
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: a little song over there. But before we go, now,
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: you were just I was, I wonder what this in
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: the g J Cassidy you was involved with? You was
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: featuring in the video Believe with DJ Cassidy. Yeah, I
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: did one of his past the mic series and um
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: and that was fun. Everybody loves those, you know. He
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: he gets people to sing along with some of some
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: classics and uh, they are fan favorites. And I had
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: a lot of fun doing that with him. And that's
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: all I was saying. You're being being topical, being relevant
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: stand you know, not limiting you who you are by
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: staying relevant because of who you are. That's that's that's
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: pot bring it back by home. But again, I always
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: have a great time talking to you. You know, we
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: got talking to you. What I'm not gonna do is
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: ignore you going down going up to Nashville. So we're
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: gonna bring out a little schedule with Sean mcdonna bring
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: you back on in June so we can celebrate the
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: induction on air. Money making conversation. We're gonna talk about
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: hopefully about then I'm gonna order online while you looking
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: at me the beard all straight out of georgy Wi
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: shot dot com shot. We're gonna do all these things.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: But you're fantastic, and when you come back, we gotta
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: have that kitchen war conversation. You know what you can't do.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: We're talking a lot off air and my my a
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: pc Ke put some of this stuff on air. Please
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: thank you. Well, I'm sorry, we're gonna bring the cast
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: as the Conversation Big Nation. So again, Jody, thank you
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: for coming on Money Making Conversations. Thank you for having
• 28:42
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• 28:45
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