To be moved, to be moved constantly by your own songs. You … - Roberta Flack

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To be moved, to be moved constantly by your own songs. You need it to be in tune with them, and I don’t mean in tune musically, but I mean in tune with the lyrics of the songs, with the words of the songs, and with the meaning. You need to be in tune with all of that, and that takes a little bit of doing.

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Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer.

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Birth Name: Roberta Cleopatra Flack

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