AT 18 YEARS OLD SHE
HAD ACHIEVED HER BIGGEST
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DREAM, A
RECORDING CONTRACT WITH SONY
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RECORDS. SHE WOULD GO
ON TO WORK WITH SUPERSTARS
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CARLOS SANTANNA, PUFF
DADDY AND RANDY JACKSON
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AND WAS ON HER WAY TO
SUPERSTAR STATUS HERSELF.
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NAOMI STRIEMER HAD
MADE IT, BUT AN AMAZING
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ENCOUNTER IN NEW YORK
CITY COMPLETELY TURNED
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HER LIFE AROUND.
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(MUSIC)
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>>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . .
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GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE.
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STILL RELEVANT IN
TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.
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IT IS WRITTEN . .
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. SHARING MESSAGES OF
HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
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(MUSIC)
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WELL, WELCOME TO
THIS WEEK'S "IT IS WRITTEN
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PROGRAM" AND LET ME
WELCOME MY SPECIAL GUEST,
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NAOMI STRIEMER. NAOMI,
WELCOME. >>NAOMI: THANK
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YOU. >>BILL: WELL,
WE WANTED TO DO THIS FOR
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SOME TIME. >>NAOMI: YEAH.
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>>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT
AND FINALLY WE WERE ABLE
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TO HAVE IT SO THAT
YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOWED YOU TO
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BE HERE WITH US. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING IT FOR
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US. >>NAOMI: THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME. >>BILL: WELL
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NAOMI I WANT TO GET TO
YOUR STORY AS QUICKLY AS
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WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S SUCH
A POWERFUL, POWERFUL STORY
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OF HOW THE LORD HAS
WORKED IN YOUR LIFE. AND
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REALLY, YOU'VE DONE A 180.
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>>NAOMI: OH COMPLETELY.
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YEAH. IT DIDN'T,
IT DIDN'T, I MEAN,
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TECHNICALLY, I
STARTED HERE AND THEN I KIND
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OF WENT IN AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WHEN
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I WAS A KID, YOU KNOW,
THE ONLY MUSIC THAT I KNEW,
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HONESTLY WE DIDN'T HAVE
TELEVISION OR RADIOS, IT
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WAS JUST CHURCH MUSIC.
AND WE HAD ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
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THAT WE PLAYED IN THE CAR
I NEVER GOT ADVENTUROUS. I
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NEVER TURNED ON THE
RADIO, NONE OF THAT. SO WHEN I
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WAS SIX YEARS OLD I
DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE IT CAME
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INTO ME, I JUST DECLARED,
I'M GOING TO BE A SINGER.
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I'M GOING TO GROW UP
AND BE A SINGER. AND NOW
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LOOKING BACK, I REALLY
BELIEVE THAT GOD HAD HIS
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HAND IN IT WAY BACK
THEN YOU KNOW, HE'S INSTILLED
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IT INTO ME AND IT JUST
TOOK HIM A LITTLE TIME TO
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GET ME WHERE HE WANTED ME.
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>>BILL: I'M ASSUMING
YOU'RE YOUNGER, SINGING IN
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CHURCH, YOU'RE.>>NAOMI:
OH YEAH. >>BILL:.SINGING IN
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THE CHOIR.>>NAOMI: YEAH.
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>>BILL:.DOING THAT KIND
OF STUFF. >>NAOMI: OH, THE
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WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW.
IT WAS - I WAS TEN YEARS OLD
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AND I USED TO ASK MY
DAD, 'SO WHAT CHURCH ARE
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WE GOING TO SING AT
THIS WEEK, DAD?' >>BILL: WOW.
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>>NAOMI: HE'D GET UP AND
PLAY GUITAR AND I'D SING.
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IT ALL STARTED WITH
ME SINGING BETWEEN MY
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PARENTS, YOU KNOW, ON A
STACK OF BOOKS, HYMN BOOKS
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UNDERNEATH, YOU KNOW.
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AND I'D BE IN BETWEEN
THEM HARMONIZING.>>BILL: WOW.
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>>NAOMI:.THAT'S HOW IT
ALL BEGAN. AND THEN WHEN I WAS
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FIFTEEN, OF COURSE, BY
THEN I'D HEARD THE RADIO
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I GOT ADVENTUROUS AND
TURNED IT ON. AND THEN MY
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WHOLE FOCUS WAS, I WANT
TO DO, I WANT TO DO THAT KIND
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OF MUSIC. YOU KNOW, I
WANT TO GO THERE. AND I BELIEVE
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THAT THE LORD HAD HIS
HAND IN EVERY PART OF MY
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JOURNEY. IT WASN'T THAT
HE LEFT ME AT THAT POINT. I
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THINK HE WANTED
CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN AND I
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FOUND MYSELF IN NEW
YORK CITY AT 18 YEARS OLD.
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>>BILL: WOW. SO YOU GET
- SO WHAT TOOK YOU TO NEW
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YORK? >>NAOMI: I
MYSELF THAT ALL THE TIME NOW.
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NO, REALLY, IT WAS A
VERY DETERMINED YOUNG GIRL,
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I WAS. AND I MOVED MY
PARENTS; I CONVINCED THEM
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TO MOVE TO FLORIDA FOR
ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE
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WAS A RECORD COMPANY
THAT I WANTED TO SIGN WITH
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THERE. AND I ENDED UP
GETTING THERE, DECIDING I
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DIDN'T WANT TO WORK
WITH THEM, DOING ALL THESE
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SHOWS. ONE THING LEAD
TO ANOTHER, I WORKED WITH
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THIS PRODUCER AND FOUND
MYSELF IN NEW YORK CITY AT
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THIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SAYING, 'PLEASE SEND ME
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TO SOME RECORD COMPANIES'.
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AND HE THOUGHT, MY
GOODNESS THIS GIRL IS
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JUST, SHE'S EITHER
CRAZY OR MAYBE SHE HAS
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SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SHE
HAS TO SAY. AND THAT NIGHT
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HE CALLED ME UP WITH ALL
THESE NUMBERS AND MEETINGS
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LINED UP AND BY THE END
OF THAT WEEK I HAD A DEAL.
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>>BILL: WOW. >>NAOMI: I
WAS, YOU KNOW, I LOOK BACK
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ON IT NOW AND I KIND OF,
LAUGH BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T
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HAPPEN. AND I KNOW
THAT NOW BUT BACK THEN I WAS
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JUST SO DETERMINED. I
TOLD MY DAD BEFORE MY MOTHER
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AND I LEFT FOR THAT
TRIP, I SAID, I'M GOING TO NEW
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YORK, I'M GOING TO COME
BACK WITH A RECORD DEAL.
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THAT'S IT. AND THAT'S
HAPPENED. >>BILL: SO, YOU
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GREW UP WHERE? >>NAOMI:
IN NOVA SCOTIA. >>BILL: YOU
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GREW UP IN NOVA SCOTIA.
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>>NAOMI: ON A FARM.
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>>BILL: ON A FARM IN
NOVA SCOTIA, YOU'RE NOW 18
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YEARS OLD.>>NAOMI:
YUP. >>BILL:.IN NEW
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YORK CITY.>>NAOMI: YES.
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>>BILL:.WITH A RECORD
DEAL. >>NAOMI: YA. LET'S
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TURN IT ALL AROUND,
MY LIFE IS.>>BILL: WOW.
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>>NAOMI: I GREW UP
MILKING GOATS AND MUCKING OUT
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STALLS AND STUFF. SO THIS
IS A BIG CHANGE. YOU KNOW,
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BEING TO THE POINT
OF, THERE'S ALWAYS A LIMO
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WAITING FOR YOU AT
THE AIRPORT AND THERE'S A
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HUNDRED PEOPLE CALLING
YOU EVERYDAY AND THE NEXT TWO
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YEARS THEY SPENT A MILLION
CANADIAN DOLLARS ON FLYING
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ME AROUND EUROPE AND,
I WENT TO SCANDANAVIA AND
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ALL OVER THE
PLACE, TO MAKE THIS GREAT
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RECORD AND IT WAS
JUST PHENOMENAL. I WAS
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JUST HAVING THE TIME OF
MY LIFE AND ONE THING LEAD TO
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ANOTHER AND MY MOM
ASKED ME THIS QUESTION RIGHT
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BEFORE THE RECORD
WAS GOING TO COME OUT.
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SHE SAID, WHAT WOULD YOU
CHOOSE - SHE KNEW THIS WAS
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VERY IMPORTANT
TO ME.>>BILL: YES.
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>>NAOMI:.MY WHOLE LIFE,
AND SHE SAID, WHAT WOULD
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YOU CHOOSE IF YOU HAD
TO CHOOSE ONE FIRST - NOT
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JUST ONE, DEFINITELY,
BUT JUST ONE FIRST - THE
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SECOND COMING OF GOD
OR YOUR ALBUM COMING OUT?
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>>BILL: OH MY GOODNESS.
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>>NAOMI: I WAS 19 ½
YEARS OLD AND I THOUGHT, YOU
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KNOW, AND I REMEMBERED I
ANSWERED AND I SAID, WELL,
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OBVIOUSLY, THE SECOND
COMING BECAUSE THAT'S MORE
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IMPORTANT THAN THIS. AND
I WAS STILL GROUNDED BUT IT
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WAS WHAT I WANTED, VERY
BADLY, AND OVER THE NEXT
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TWO MONTHS MY ENTIRE
TEAM AT SONY RECORDS WAS FIRED
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AND I HAD NO RECORD
COMING OUT. SO, IT WAS JUST SO
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AMAZING AND I LOOK
BACK NOW AND I GO, THE LORD
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WAS, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T
WANT IT TO HAPPEN. THERE'S
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A REASON BUT FOR ME
IT WAS, HOW COULD YOU DO
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THIS TO ME? OR HOW
COULD YOU GIVE ME EVERYTHING I
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WANT.>>BILL: SO YOU GO
FROM 18 YEARS OLD AND A
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RECORD DEAL TO TWO
YEARS LATER.>>NAOMI: TWENTY
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YEARS OLD AND WANTING TO
DIE. >>BILL: WITH NOTHING.
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IT'S ALL BEEN
PULLED.>>NAOMI: IT'S ALL
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GONE. THEY HAD THE
MUSIC, I WAS BROKE, I
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WAS PENNILESS AND BACK IN
CANADA FROM THE U.S. AND I
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WOULD CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP.
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I WAS SO DEPRESSED. AND I
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT AM
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I SUPPOSED TO DO?
IT'S ALL I'VE DONE MY WHOLE
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LIFE MY FRIENDS WENT
TO COLLEGE. THIS HAS BEEN
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MY CAREER.>>BILL: SURE.
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>>NAOMI:.WHAT DO I DO?
AND THE LORD LEAD ME TO - I
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CALL IT MY REALITY CHECK
AND HE SAID YOU'RE REALLY
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GOING TO HAVE NOTHING
UNLESS YOU GO OUT THERE
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AND START DOING
SOMETHING INSTEAD OF WALLOWING
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IN YOUR DEPRESSION. AND I
PLAYED BOOK STORES. I TOOK
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MY KEYBOARD AND MADE
MY CAR PAYMENT PLAYING IN
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BOOK STORES. >>BILL:
SO FROM HAVING THIS RECORD
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DEAL NOW YOU'RE CARRYING
YOUR KEYBOARD AROUND FROM
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BOOK STORE TO
BOOK STORE.>>NAOMI: YA.
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>>BILL:.SINGING TO
MAKE...NOW, YOU'RE VERY
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MODEST AND YOU'RE NEVER
GOING TO SAY THIS BUT, I
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MEAN, YOU WERE
IDENTIFIED AS THE UP AND COMING
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CANADIAN.>>NAOMI: YA.
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>>BILL:.POP, IS
THAT.>>NAOMI: OH YEAH.
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>>BILL:.ARTIST. I MEAN.
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>>NAOMI: IT WAS
REALLY WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE
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BOOK STORES. ALL
THESE CHANCES CAME TO ME AND
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I ENDED UP IN LOS ANGELES
WITH A SECOND RECORD DEAL.
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>>BILL: SO YOU GO TO
THE BOOK STORES. >>NAOMI:
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YEAH. >>BILL: SO YOU'RE
SINGING IN THE BOOK STORES
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AND FROM THAT.>>NAOMI:
I GET ANOTHER RECORD DEAL.
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>>BILL:.YOU GET A
RECORD DEAL. >>NAOMI: YEAH.
00:07:08.96\00:07:09.90
>>BILL: AND NOW YOU'RE
IN LOS ANGELES WITH ANOTHER
00:07:09.90\00:07:11.73
RECORD DEAL. >>NAOMI: YES.
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AND SO FROM THAT I FIND
MYSELF IN THIS RESTAURANT
00:07:12.26\00:07:15.53
MEETING CARLOS SANTANA,
THIS GREAT GUITAR PLAYER.
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>>BILL: WOW. >>NAOMI:
AND, AGAIN, I SAY THE LORD HAD
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HIS HAND IN ALL OF THIS
AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE
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OF THE FINALE OF WHAT
HAS HAPPENED AND HE MAKE A
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DECISION. SANTANA MAKES
A DECISION THAT HE WANTS TO
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PLAY ON MY RECORD.
THIS NOBODY, LITTLE ARTIST
00:07:31.23\00:07:34.10
AND, YOU KNOW, TWO
MONTHS FROM MEETING ME IN THAT
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RESTAURANT HE WAS IN
THE STUDIO WORKING ON THE
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SONG THAT I WROTE IN MY
LIVINGROOM, NOT THINKING
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IT WAS GOING TO GO
ANYWHERE AND FROM THAT
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EVERYTHING JUST BLEW UP.
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YOU KNOW, NATIONAL
NEWS, PAPERS, ON THE FRONT
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COVERS TO, YOU KNOW,
LLOYD ROBERTSON WITH THE
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NATIONAL NIGHTLY NEWS
TALKING ABOUT 'WATCH THIS
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GIRL'. BEING COMPARED
TO MY MUSICAL IDOLS WHICH
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WERE WHITNEY, MYRIAH,
AND CELENE AND IT WAS JUST
00:08:01.16\00:08:02.16
THIS PHENOMENAL TIME AND
AGAIN WAITING AND WAITING
00:08:02.16\00:08:08.06
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE
THE RUG WAS PULLED OUT.
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>>BILL: FOR A SECOND TIME.
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>>NAOMI: FOR A SECOND
TIME. >>BILL: YOU AND I
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TALKED ONE TIME AND I
WAS PARTICULARLY INQUISITIVE
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ABOUT THE MEETING WITH
CARLOS SANTANA. >>NAOMI:
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YES. >>BILL: AND YOU SAID
SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING
00:08:21.60\00:08:24.06
ABOUT WHAT HE SPENT THE
BULK OF HIS TIME TALKING
00:08:24.06\00:08:25.06
TO YOU ABOUT. I
THOUGHT THAT WAS FASCINATING.
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I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT
OF AN ASIDE BUT I THOUGHT
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THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
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>>NAOMI: WELL, HE TAUGHT
ME SO MUCH BECAUSE I NEVER
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LOST MY CHRISTIAN
FAITH THROUGH ALL OF THIS. I,
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YOU KNOW, I CAN PROBABLY
COUNT ON MY HANDS THAT I
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ACTUALLY MISSED A
CHURCH SERVICE ANYWHERE IN THE
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WORLD AND I WAS ALWAYS
VERY PRIVATE ABOUT IT. AND
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FROM THE MOMENT I MET
HIM, FROM THE MOMENT HE JOINED
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US FOR DINNER ALL HE
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS
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HIS FAITH AND HIS
BELIEF AND WHY HE DID WHAT HE
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DID. AND HE SAID THERE
WAS ONLY ONE REASON WHY I DO
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WHAT I DO AND HE SAID
THAT IS TO SHARE LATE AND I
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WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL
THIS UNITY WHERE THERE CAN BE
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PEACE IN THE WORLD AND
GOD CAN LOOK UPON THAT AND SAY
00:09:00.10\00:09:05.10
THESE PEOPLE ARE
PEACEFUL EVEN IF IT'S FOR ONE
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MOMENT AT A CONCERT.
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AND I THOUGHT, WOW, I'M
NOT TALKING LIKE THIS TO
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ANYBODY AND I HAVE THIS
FAITH, THIS STRONG FAITH
00:09:12.83\00:09:13.83
BUT I'M NOT, I'M SO
SCARED. I WOULD HAVE EVER
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MENTIONED, IF SOMEBODY
WAS INTERVIEWING ME I WOULD
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SCAMPER AROUND THE
TOPIC OF MY CHRISTIANITY, MY
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GOD, JESUS.>>BILL:
HE'S JUST COMING RIGHT OUT,
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HE PUT IT RIGHT OUT
THERE >>NAOMI: HE'S JUST SAYING
00:09:30.86\00:09:33.60
IT. YEAH. >>BILL:
THAT'S INCREDIBLE. WHAT AN
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IMPORTANT LESSON FOR ALL
OF US. >>NAOMI: IT TAUGHT
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ME. I MADE A MENTAL
NOTE, I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS
00:09:36.26\00:09:37.96
SPEAKING AND I
THOUGHT, WHAT A LESSON HE'S
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TEACHING ME. I'M A
COWARD, YOU KNOW. AND I REMEMBER
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I KEPT THAT IN THE BACK
OF MIND THROUGH THE YEARS.
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AND THEN I, OF COURSE,
HAD THE SILENCE AFTER THIS BIG
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HUGE PUSH AND
EVERYONE WAS JUST SCRATCHING
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THEIR HEADS GOING, WHAT
HAPPENED? >>BILL: SO, YOU
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GO INTO THE STUDIO -
LET ME JUST BACK UP - YOU
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TAPE THIS SONG
WHERE, THAT FEATURES CARLOS
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SANTANA.>>NAOMI: YEAH.
00:10:00.13\00:10:00.60
>>BILL:.CARS, WAS IT?
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>>NAOMI: IT WAS
CARS. >>BILL: CARS, OKAY.
00:10:05.40\00:10:06.30
>>NAOMI: AND THEN WE
SHOT A MUSIC VIDEO FOR IT.
00:10:06.30\00:10:09.66
>>BILL: AND EVERYTHING
IS INDICATING THAT THIS IS
00:10:09.66\00:10:12.30
GOING TO BE THE NEXT, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE JUST MEDORIC,
00:10:12.30\00:10:13.46
OR HOWEVER THEY SAY
IT, RIGHT? >>NAOMI: YES.
00:10:13.46\00:10:20.36
>>BILL: JUST RISING,
RIGHT? SO WHAT HAPPENS
00:10:20.36\00:10:22.80
NOW? >>NAOMI: WELL,
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. I LOVE THIS
00:10:22.80\00:10:23.83
PICTURE THAT I HAVE
WHERE SOMEHOW I ENDED UP ON
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THE NATIONAL POST AND THE
GLOBE AND MAIL WITHIN LIKE
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A WEEK OF EACH OTHER,
ON THE FRONT COVER. AND I'M
00:10:32.60\00:10:33.66
HOLDING UP ALL OF
THESE NEWSPAPERS AND THESE
00:10:33.66\00:10:36.63
MAGAZINES OF THESE
PEOPLE SAYING INCREDIBLE THINGS
00:10:36.63\00:10:39.30
AND WE WERE JUST
WAITING FOR IT. I WAS JUST LIKE,
00:10:39.30\00:10:40.26
THIS IS IT. THE LORD
HAD SHOWN ME - BECAUSE I
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ALWAYS CALLED THE CHAPTER
DAYS WHEN I WAS PLAYING IN
00:10:44.36\00:10:46.93
THE BOOK STORES TEACHING
HUMILITY. AND I THOUGHT I
00:10:46.93\00:10:47.93
HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT
TO SEE WHAT THAT'S LIKE
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BEFORE GOD WAS GOING TO
ALLOW ME TO HAVE THIS. TO
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KEEP ME HUMBLE.
>>BILL: RIGHT. TO KEEP YOU
00:10:56.36\00:10:57.30
GROUNDED. >>NAOMI: YES.
00:10:57.30\00:10:59.53
SO, I THOUGHT, THIS IS IT.
00:10:59.53\00:11:00.26
AND EVERYBODY WAS
SAYING THAT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, I
00:11:00.26\00:11:02.83
REMEMBER WITH SONY,
THEY HAD STARTED TO SAY ALL
00:11:02.83\00:11:03.80
THESE THINGS AND IT
WAS ALL OVER AGAIN. AND
00:11:03.80\00:11:05.90
I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS IS
REALLY INCREDIBLE. IT WAS
00:11:05.90\00:11:10.50
REALLY INCREDIBLE
BECAUSE IT JUST - I WENT BACK TO
00:11:10.50\00:11:11.50
L.A. AND WE WERE WAITING.
00:11:11.50\00:11:17.96
I'D WAIT FOR THE PHONE
TO RING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
00:11:17.96\00:11:18.96
RECORD HAS FINISHED OR WE
WANT YOU ON TOUR AND THERE
00:11:18.96\00:11:23.40
WAS JUST NOTHING. AND
IT WAS JUST, WHAT HAPPENED?
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AND, NOW, LOOKING BACK I
THINK I HAVE AN IDEA WHAT
00:11:26.03\00:11:27.03
HAPPENED. SO, FROM
THAT IT LEAD ME TO ANOTHER
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- I WAITED A YEAR FOR
SOMETHING TO PICK UP AND I
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FOUND MYSELF IN NEW
YORK CITY AFTER THIS, TRYING
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FOR ROUND THREE. YOU
KNOW, I HADN'T GIVEN UP AND
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DURING THAT TIME.>>BILL
YOU REALIZE, MOST PEOPLE
00:11:45.83\00:11:48.20
GET ONE OPPORTUNITY,
RIGHT? YOU REALIZE THAT,
00:11:48.20\00:11:49.26
RIGHT? >>NAOMI: YES. YES.
00:11:49.26\00:11:51.00
>>BILL: NOW, YOU'RE
WORKING ON YOUR THIRD
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>>NAOMI: YES. I'M WORKING
ON THREE. I'M NOT LETTING
00:11:51.93\00:11:54.56
THIS GO. AND I REMEMBER
DURING THAT TIME, THAT ONE
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YEAR, THE LORD CAN'T
BE CRUEL AND I WOULD PRAY.
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I WOULD SAY, LORD, IF
YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN
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FOR ME, TAKE MY VOICE
AWAY. AND I WANT TO WAKE
00:12:03.53\00:12:06.40
UP TOMORROW AND NOT BE
ABLE TO SING SO I'LL FOCUS
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ON SOMETHING ELSE IF
THIS ISN'T WHAT YOU WANT. AND
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WHEN HE DIDN'T I'D START
CHASING IT AGAIN. AND SO I
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FOUND MYSELF IN A
HIP-HOP STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY
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WITH SOMEBODY WHO WANTED
TO WORK WITH ME AND I WAS
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AT, OF COURSE, THE
BIGGEST HIP-HOP GUYS, SEAN 'PUFF
00:12:17.36\00:12:22.03
DADDY' COMBS STUDIO.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE MY
00:12:22.03\00:12:23.16
BIG LIFE CHANGING
MOMENT HAPPENED. AND MY WHOLE
00:12:23.16\00:12:28.93
WORLD GOT TURNED
AROUND AND, AND, UM, BY A
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CHAUFFEUR DRIVER.
>>BILL: THAT'S A GOOD CLIFF
00:12:32.13\00:12:33.10
HANGER. WE'RE
GOING TO HEAR YOU SING
00:12:33.10\00:12:39.13
RIGHT NOW. YOU PREPARED A
SONG.>>NAOMI: YES. >>BILL:
00:12:39.13\00:12:43.36
AND WHEN WE COME BACK
FROM THAT I WANT TO HEAR HOW
00:12:43.36\00:12:44.43
THIS CHAUFFEUR IMPACTED
YOUR LIFE SIGNIFICANTLY.
00:12:44.43\00:12:49.86
>>NAOMI: YEAH.
00:12:49.86\00:12:52.00
WATCH THE SUN GO BY,
00:13:02.23\00:13:05.93
IT'S PLAIN TO SEE
EVERYTHING INSIDE,
00:13:06.20\00:13:12.30
REMINDING ME THAT
YOU ARE IN MY LIFE,
00:13:12.60\00:13:18.83
YOU'RE HOLDING ME
WHEN I CAN'T FIND THE LIGHT
00:13:19.16\00:13:20.13
YOU BURN IT BRIGHTER.
00:13:20.13\00:13:27.30
EVERY BREATH I TAKE,
00:13:27.66\00:13:30.86
YOU'VE GIVEN ME I
WILL PRAISE YOUR NAME.
00:13:31.53\00:13:37.03
LIFTED UP ABOVE
THESE CLOUDS THAT HANG,
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I'LL CAST MY BURDENS
AT YOUR FEET IN YOUR NAME.
00:13:44.03\00:13:49.66
YOU TAKE ME WHERE
I AM, INVITE ME IN.
00:13:50.73\00:14:03.53
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, OUR IMMAUEL.
00:14:03.76\00:14:09.13
EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW
AT THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME.
00:14:09.50\00:14:15.30
YOU ARE
BEAUTIFUL, EVERY MIRACLE,
00:14:15.56\00:14:21.73
LET OUR ANTHEM
RING, HOLY IN THE HIGHEST.
00:14:22.03\00:14:28.00
WE SHALL NEVER CEASE
TO SAY, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
00:14:28.26\00:14:40.60
UNDERNEATH YOUR WINGS,
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UNDERNEATH YOUR WINGS,
00:14:51.36\00:14:52.90
YOU COVER ME WHEN
I AM FRAIL AND WEAK.
00:14:53.16\00:14:58.43
YOU CARRY ME WHEN
I FALL TO MY KNEES.
00:14:59.33\00:15:05.10
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE
THE ONE THAT CARRIED ME
00:15:05.40\00:15:10.90
BACK TO YOUR SAFETY
LIVING FROM OUR SINS.
00:15:11.60\00:15:17.63
I FEEL YOUR GLORY,
NOTHING I COULD DO,
00:15:17.96\00:15:23.50
COULD MAKE ME WORTHY
OF YOUR LOVE-FILLED SON,
00:15:23.80\00:15:29.73
WHO DIED AND GAVE
LIFE TO A SINNER LIKE ME.
00:15:30.10\00:15:36.83
YOU TAKE ME WHERE I
AM, YOU INVITE ME IN.
00:15:37.13\00:15:49.36
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, OUR IMMANUEL.
00:15:49.63\00:15:55.20
EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW
AT THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME.
00:15:55.56\00:16:01.50
YOU ARE
BEAUTIFUL, EVERY MIRACLE,
00:16:01.83\00:16:07.86
LET OUR ANTHEM
RING, HOLY IN THE HIGHEST.
00:16:08.20\00:16:13.93
WE SHALL NEVER CEASE
TO SAY, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
00:16:14.30\00:16:23.40
THE WIND CRIES
OUT, THE TREES WILL BOW,
00:16:23.80\00:16:29.20
OUR HEARTS WILL
SING, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
00:16:29.56\00:16:35.66
OUR IMMANUEL, YOU ARE
EVERYTHING I HAVE KNOWN.
00:16:36.03\00:16:46.76
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
00:16:47.20\00:16:55.56
OH, OH. YES YOU ARE.
00:16:56.23\00:17:07.40
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
00:17:07.80\00:17:14.30
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, OUR IMMANUEL.
00:17:14.70\00:17:19.86
EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW
AT THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME.
00:17:20.20\00:17:25.63
YOU ARE
BEAUTIFUL, EVERY MIRACLE,
00:17:25.93\00:17:31.80
LET OUR ANTHEM
RING, HOLY IN THE HIGHEST.
00:17:32.10\00:17:38.23
WE SHALL NEVER CEASE
TO SAY, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
00:17:38.53\00:17:50.80
OH. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
00:17:52.23\00:18:00.63
>>BILL: WELL, THAT
SONG WAS CALLED.>>NAOMI:
00:18:18.80\00:18:19.76
BEAUTIFUL.
00:18:19.76\00:18:20.56
>>BILL:.BEAUTIFUL AND
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. >>NAOMI:
00:18:20.56\00:18:21.60
THANK YOU. >>BILL: DID
YOU WRITE THAT? >>NAOMI:
00:18:21.60\00:18:23.30
DID. >>BILL: WOW.
THAT'S, YOU'RE VERY TALENTED. I
00:18:23.30\00:18:24.83
WANT TO GET BACK TO
THE CHAUFFEUR BECAUSE YOU
00:18:24.83\00:18:25.83
LEFT ME ON A BIT OF
A CLIFFHANGER THERE.
00:18:25.83\00:18:27.26
>>NAOMI: YES. >>BILL:
SO, YOU'RE IN THE STUDIO,
00:18:27.26\00:18:28.73
PUFFY, PUFF.>>NAOMI:
PUFF DADDY.>>BILL: PUFF
00:18:28.73\00:18:29.70
DADDY.>>NAOMI: IT'S
QUITE A NAME. >>BILL: THAT'S
00:18:29.70\00:18:31.06
RIGHT, PUFF DADDY AND
YOU SAID THE CHAUFFEUR SAID
00:18:31.06\00:18:32.60
SOMETHING THAT
MADE...>>NAOMI: YES.
00:18:32.60\00:18:33.40
>>BILL:.SORT OF,
CLICKED FOR YOU. >>NAOMI: YES.
00:18:33.40\00:18:34.96
WELL, I WAS PACING THE
HALLS BECAUSE THERE WAS
00:18:34.96\00:18:36.30
SOMETHING INSIDE OF
ME THAT SAID THERE'S
00:18:36.30\00:18:37.16
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS.
00:18:37.16\00:18:38.50
YOU KNOW THIS PROBABLY
ISN'T THE DIRECTION YOU
00:18:38.50\00:18:39.50
WANT TO GO. AND AS I
WAS PACING THE CHAUFFEUR MET
00:18:39.50\00:18:42.23
ME, LIKE, FACE TO FACE
IN THE HALLWAY WHICH WAS
00:18:42.23\00:18:46.36
ALREADY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
AND HE SAID TO ME, WELL, I
00:18:46.36\00:18:47.46
HAD A DREAM ABOUT YOU
LAST NIGHT. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT
00:18:47.46\00:18:50.30
A SINGLE GIRL IN NEW
YORK WANTS TO HEAR. >>BILL:
00:18:50.30\00:18:53.50
YES. >>NAOMI: AND SO I
WAS LIKE, I HAVE TO BE POLITE
00:18:53.50\00:18:54.56
AND I SAID OKAY AND
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT AN
00:18:54.56\00:18:58.56
ANGEL HAD COME TO HIM
IN HIS SLEEP AND HAD A
00:18:58.56\00:19:02.53
MESSAGE TO DELIVER. AND
THAT MESSAGE WAS EXACTLY
00:19:02.53\00:19:03.53
THIS, HE SAID, YOU
KEEP WONDERING WHY YOU'RE
00:19:03.53\00:19:07.63
GETTING THESE GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES, EVERYTHING
00:19:07.63\00:19:13.36
YOU'VE EVER WANTED. HE
SAID, AND THEY'RE TAKING
00:19:13.36\00:19:14.33
YOU UP TO THE MOUNTAINTOP
AND RIGHT BEFORE YOU'RE
00:19:14.33\00:19:17.10
GOING TO FLY AND SOAR
WITH THE EAGLES AND GET
00:19:17.10\00:19:20.40
EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER
IMAGINED IT ALL CRUMBLES
00:19:20.40\00:19:21.36
TO DUST AT YOUR FEET. AND
HE SAID IT KEEPS HAPPENING
00:19:21.36\00:19:24.93
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND I'M SITTING THERE GOING
00:19:24.93\00:19:31.23
HOW DOES...>>BILL:
GOOSEBUMPS. >>NAOMI:.WHERE
00:19:31.23\00:19:32.20
IS THIS COMING FROM?
00:19:32.20\00:19:34.40
>>BILL: I'M COVERED IN
GOOSEBUMPS. >>NAOMI: YES.
00:19:34.40\00:19:35.40
WHERE - BECAUSE I'D BEEN
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS
00:19:35.40\00:19:37.26
WITH GOD. HOW DO YOU
KNOW THIS? AND HE SAID TO ME,
00:19:37.26\00:19:40.43
YOU'RE AT A CROSSROADS
IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW. YOU
00:19:40.43\00:19:41.43
CAN CHANGE IT RIGHT NOW
FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. AND
00:19:41.43\00:19:44.66
I - WHAT IS THIS? WHAT
IS THIS? AND HE SAID, IF YOU
00:19:44.66\00:19:50.90
DECIDE, TODAY, TO WALK
AWAY FROM EVERYTHING YOU
00:19:50.90\00:19:51.86
WANT, TO STOP CHASING
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE
00:19:51.86\00:19:56.76
BEEN AFTER YOUR
WHOLE LIFE, HE SAID IF YOU
00:19:56.76\00:20:00.66
CHOOSE TO GIVE IT ALL
UP, WALK AWAY FOR GOD THEN
00:20:00.66\00:20:01.66
YOU'LL GET EVERYTHING.
IN THAT MOMENT I HAD NO IDEA
00:20:01.66\00:20:07.83
WHAT THAT MEANT. HOW DO
I GIVE EVERYTHING UP TO GET
00:20:07.83\00:20:13.30
IT ALL? WHAT AM I
NOT DOING IN MY LIFE THAT
00:20:13.30\00:20:14.36
- YOU KNOW, I'M A
GOOD CHRISTIAN, I'M A GOOD
00:20:14.36\00:20:18.46
CHRISTIAN. I GO TO CHURCH
EVERY WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, I
00:20:18.46\00:20:22.06
TEACH BIBLE CLASSES.
AND HE SAID SO MANY THINGS
00:20:22.06\00:20:23.03
IN THAT CONVERSATION THAT
NOBODY COULD KNOW ABOUT MY
00:20:23.03\00:20:27.76
LIFE AND MY STRUGGLE
AND WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH
00:20:27.76\00:20:32.16
AND THAT WAS IT. HE
JUST KEPT COMING BACK TO; YOU
00:20:32.16\00:20:33.13
CAN CHANGE IT ALL
RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE THE
00:20:33.13\00:20:37.03
OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW
TO CHANGE IT. AND I WENT
00:20:37.03\00:20:41.56
RUNNING OUT OF THERE.
00:20:41.56\00:20:42.06
YOU KNOW, SPRINTING OUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING
00:20:42.06\00:20:45.86
TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE
HOTEL ROOM WITHOUT LOSING
00:20:45.86\00:20:46.86
LUNCH AND I, I WAS JUST
SHAKING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO
00:20:46.86\00:20:50.06
TO CALL BECAUSE I THOUGHT
NO ONE'S GOING TO BELIEVE
00:20:50.06\00:20:52.80
THIS. TO ME IT WAS,
YOU KNOW, AN ANGEL REALLY
00:20:52.80\00:20:53.80
IN REAL LIFE TALKING
TO ME.>>BILL: OF COURSE
00:20:53.80\00:20:58.46
IT WAS. >>NAOMI:.AND I
THOUGHT NO ONE, EVERYONE'S
00:20:58.46\00:21:01.66
GOING TO THINK I'M CRAZY.
00:21:01.66\00:21:02.30
I REMEMBER I CALLED
MY PARENTS BUT YOU CAN'T
00:21:02.30\00:21:03.76
DESCRIBE THAT FEELING
AND I WENT BACK AND I, I KNEW
00:21:03.76\00:21:04.80
I HAD TO CHANGE SOMETHING
AND FOR ME IT WAS, I HAD
00:21:04.80\00:21:09.70
TO GET SOME PEOPLE OUT OF
MY LIFE THAT WERE GOING TO
00:21:09.70\00:21:12.60
POTENTIALLY LEAD ME
TO THE WRONG ROAD. AND SO
00:21:12.60\00:21:13.56
I REMEMBER THAT I
PRAYED THAT I AM NOT STRONG
00:21:13.56\00:21:17.73
ENOUGH TO TAKE THESE
PEOPLE OUT OF MY LIFE, SO
00:21:17.73\00:21:19.86
YOU HAVE TO DO IT, LORD
BECAUSE I CAN'T. I NEVER
00:21:19.86\00:21:20.86
HEARD FROM THEM AGAIN.
00:21:20.86\00:21:23.50
NEVER HEARD FROM
THEM AGAIN. AND I ENDED UP
00:21:23.50\00:21:24.50
MEETING - IT TOOK A LITTLE
WHILE. IT WASN'T JUST THAT
00:21:24.50\00:21:28.33
DAY THAT I WAS LIKE, OH,
THAT'S IT; I KNOW EXACTLY,
00:21:28.33\00:21:33.36
I'VE GOT TO USE MY
TALENTS AND GIFT FOR GOD. IT
00:21:33.36\00:21:34.36
WASN'T THAT. I DIDN'T
KNOW HOW. AND I MEET RANDY
00:21:34.36\00:21:37.03
JACKSON ON A PLANE RIDE
TO L.A. AND BY THE TIME THE
00:21:37.03\00:21:43.33
PLANE RIDE WAS FINISHED
HE HAD TOBIAS ? AND WE WERE
00:21:43.33\00:21:44.36
GOING TO WORK
TOGETHER. SO I WORKED WITH RANDY
00:21:44.36\00:21:48.60
JACKSON FOR SIX MONTHS
THE WHOLE TIME WITH THIS
00:21:48.60\00:21:51.13
CONVERSATION IN THE BACK
OF MY MIND GOING, ARE YOU
00:21:51.13\00:21:52.13
DOING THE SAME THING
THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS WHOLE
00:21:52.13\00:21:56.50
TIME. YOU'RE GETTING
RIGHT BACK IN IT AGAIN, AREN'T
00:21:56.50\00:21:59.13
YOU? AND I REMEMBER AT
AROUND THE SIX MONTH MARK,
00:21:59.13\00:22:00.23
RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE
ABOUT TO SIGN THIS BIG DEAL, I
00:22:00.23\00:22:04.86
CALLED HIM UP AND I
SAID, I CAN'T DO IT. I CAN'T DO
00:22:04.86\00:22:07.50
IT. I HAVE TO GO INTO
CHRISTIAN MUSIC. THAT'S
00:22:07.50\00:22:08.50
WHAT IT IS. THE LORD
GAVE ME A GIFT AND I'M NOT
00:22:08.50\00:22:11.73
USING IT FOR HIM. I WANT
TO TALK ABOUT HIM AND THE
00:22:11.73\00:22:15.70
GOOD NEWS. I WANT TO BE
ABLE TO DECLARE PUBLICLY
00:22:15.70\00:22:16.70
WHAT I BELIEVE. I WANT TO
BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, JESUS
00:22:16.70\00:22:21.23
IS YOUR SAVIOUR. PUBLICLY.
00:22:21.23\00:22:21.76
I'VE BEEN SO SCARED TO
DO THIS BUT THAT'S WHAT IT
00:22:21.76\00:22:26.00
IS. AND SO, I WALKED
AWAY FROM IT ALL. >>BILL: AND
00:22:26.00\00:22:30.43
YOU TURNED YOUR LIFE
AROUND. >>NAOMI: THAT
00:22:30.43\00:22:31.36
WAS IT. >>BILL: AND
YOU COMMITTED YOURSELF. YOU
00:22:31.36\00:22:33.36
KNOW, OUR TIME'S UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE YOU
00:22:33.36\00:22:35.80
BACK.>>NAOMI: I'D LOVE TO.
00:22:35.80\00:22:36.36
>>BILL:...TO TELL THE
REST OF THE STORY. >>NAOMI:
00:22:36.36\00:22:38.30
THANK YOU. >>BILL: BUT
BEFORE YOU GO I'M GOING TO
00:22:38.30\00:22:39.33
HAVE YOU, I'M GOING TO
ASK YOU IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND
00:22:39.33\00:22:41.13
JUST SINGING ONE MORE
SONG FOR US. >>NAOMI: YES. YES.
00:22:41.13\00:22:42.90
HE SAID TODAY WAS HARD,
00:22:58.10\00:23:00.80
HE CLEARED HIS DESK, HIS CARDS,
00:23:01.10\00:23:04.06
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
00:23:04.40\00:23:09.13
HE TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME,
00:23:10.40\00:23:13.20
THOUGHT OF WHAT
HE HAD DONE WRONG,
00:23:13.46\00:23:16.40
DIDN'T WANT TO
TELL HIS WIFE, HIS KIDS.
00:23:16.66\00:23:22.56
THE WALLS CLOSING IN
BUT THERE'S A WAY OUT.
00:23:22.96\00:23:28.20
HE LOOKED TOWARD THE
SKY AND HE CRIED OUT,
00:23:28.80\00:23:32.90
I'M GIVING IT TO GOD
'CAUSE I CAN'T CARRY IT.
00:23:33.16\00:23:38.50
I CAN'T BREAK THE
WIND STORM WHEN I'M
00:23:39.00\00:23:39.83
BREAKING IN TWO.
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I'M GIVING IT TO GOD
'CAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE IT.
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I AM WEAK WHEN HE IS
STRONG AND I KNOW HE'LL
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SHOW ME WHERE I BELONG.
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SHE SAT BESIDE HIS BED,
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HOSPITAL FLASHED IN RED,
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HIS HANDS WERE SMALL AND TINY.
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IF SHE COULD SAVE HIS PLACE,
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MEMORIES THAT SHE ERASED,
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IF SHE COULD ONLY
CHANGE THE FUTURE.
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THE ROOM WAS CAVING IN
AND SHE COULDN'T SEE STRAIGHT.
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SHE LOOKED TOWARD THE
SKY AND SHE CRIED OUT,
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I'M GIVING IT TO GOD
'CAUSE I CAN'T CARRY IT.
00:24:47.66\00:24:53.36
I CAN'T BREAK THE
WIND STORM WHEN I'M
00:24:53.70\00:24:54.66
BREAKING IN TWO.
00:24:54.66\00:24:59.86
I'M GIVING IT TO GOD
'CAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE IT.
00:25:00.23\00:25:06.10
I AM WEAK WHEN HE IS
STRONG AND I KNOW HE'LL
00:25:06.40\00:25:07.36
SHOW ME WHERE I BELONG.
00:25:07.36\00:25:15.76
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS CRY OUT.
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ONLY GOD KNOWS THE WAY OUT.
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I KNOW THAT IT HURTS
BUT IF YOU LOOK TO THE SKY
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AND GIVE IT ALL TO GOD
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T CARRY IT
00:25:34.53\00:25:40.60
AND HE CAN BREAK THE
WINDSTORM WHEN YOU'RE
00:25:41.00\00:25:41.93
BREAKING IN TWO.
00:25:41.93\00:25:47.03
I'M GIVING IT TO GOD
'CAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE IT.
00:25:47.70\00:25:53.46
I AM WEAK WHEN
HE IS STRONG AND I
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KNOW HE'LL SHOW ME.
00:25:54.76\00:25:59.20
I'M GIVING IT TO GOD
'CAUSE I CAN'T CARRY IT.
00:26:00.20\00:26:05.96
HE CAN BREAK THE WINDSTORM
WHEN I'M BREAKING IN TWO.
00:26:06.30\00:26:12.10
I'M GIVING IT GOD
'CAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE IT.
00:26:12.53\00:26:19.06
I AM WEAK WHEN HE IS
STRONG AND I KNOW HE'LL
00:26:19.33\00:26:20.43
SHOW ME WHERE I BELONG.
00:26:20.43\00:26:31.10
WHERE I BELONG.
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WHERE I BELONG.
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>>BILL: IF YOU
ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM WITH
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NAOMI'S TESTIMONY AND
LIKE TO SEE IT AGAIN OR MAYBE
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EVEN SHARE IT WITH A
FRIEND, WHY NOT ORDER A
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FREE DVD COPY OF THIS
INTERVIEW. IT IS A GIFT
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FROM 'IT IS WRITTEN'.
HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU
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NEED TO GET YOUR DVD.
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>>BILL: WELL, LET ME
THANK YOU NAOMI FOR BEING ON THE
00:27:52.46\00:27:53.56
PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR
THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND THANK
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JASON, YOUR ACCOMPANIST,
ALSO. >>NAOMI: THANK YOU.
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>>BILL: AND LET ME THANK
THE VIEWERS FOR BEING HERE
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NAOMI, ALSO. WE HOPE TO
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GOOD LORD WILLING. WE
PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US.
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UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT
IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT
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LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT
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FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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