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I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.
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Jamaica Kincaid
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Born:
May 25
,
1949
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Looked
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Always have a backup plan.
Mila Kunis
Backup
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I started recording in '67. In the first part of '68, my first single was 'Backup Train.' That was success to a degree. Four years have passed by since then, and I have managed to come up with a few measly sellers.
Al Green
Success
Degree
Recording
First
Single
Few
Backup
Part
Since
Come
Passed
Years
Up
Sellers
Train
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But I love singing, and I've been singing backup for friends' bands.
Alia Shawkat
Love
Singing
Backup
Been
Friends
Bands
When you get knocked down, you got to get backup. Otherwise, you are going to lose.
Anne-Marie
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Lose
Down
Otherwise
Backup
Knocked
Got
Get
Going
The first record I made when I was 17. Labels merged and plans didn't work out, but plans never work out as planned. But I never stopped making music. I never had a backup plan. I never thought, 'Maybe I should just write, or maybe I should...' I just kept going.
Ashley Monroe
Work
Music
Thought
Made
First
Backup
Out
Record
Write
Never
Had
Merged
Making
Labels
Going
Maybe
Just
Stopped
Plan
Work Out
Should
Planned
Plans
Kept
Most computers today have built in backup software.
Barton Gellman
Today
Software
Backup
Computers
Most
Built
I wanna get backup singers, but I don't think I will ever get backup dancers.
Blackbear
Will
Think
Dancers
Backup
Singers
Get
Wanna
Ever
On the one blind date I went on, I had a backup. If I texted you the code word, you call and say my dogs are sick.
Britt Robertson
You
Word
Sick
Say
Backup
Date
Had
Blind
Call
Dogs
Code
If you come in this league, and you're comfortable with being a backup, something's wrong.
Brock Osweiler
You
Backup
Something
Wrong
League
Come
Comfortable
Being
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