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Very good.

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I love the fact that you never
know how a song is gonna come together.

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I love the anxiety that you feel
when you're like,

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"There's a pretty likely chance
that this isn't even--

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I'm not going to find the right words.

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I'm not going to find the right melody."

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♪ My oh my ♪

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Um, what is it?

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♪ How can I? ♪

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And then there's another chance
this might be the day that you write…

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that thing
that you never knew you had in you.

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♪ You give me life
You give me life ♪

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♪ And I can't deny ♪

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Alicia Keys is a singer,
songwriter, and pianist.

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She's sold over 40 million albums
and won 15 Grammys.

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Time magazine named her one
of the most influential people of the year

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twice.

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For the song "3 Hour Drive,"
Alicia worked with two collaborators:

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Oscar- and Grammy-winning songwriter,
Jimmy Napes,

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and Sampha, an artist whose own debut
album won the UK's Mercury prize.

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♪ Oh I can't deny ♪

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♪ -I can't deny
-As hard as I try ♪

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Together, the three of them
found a way to tell one story

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from two very different perspectives.

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♪ You give me life ♪

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♪ You give me life ♪

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I'm Hrishikesh Hirway.

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This is Song Exploder.

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Everybody good to go?

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How's everybody doing technically?

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Take two and marker.

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What's your sign?

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Aquarius.

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-Hello. Exactly. Go.
- You too?

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Does that mean something?
I don't know what it means.

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-I don't know. A little bit.
-Okay. I was wondering if we could start,

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actually, like, the day before…

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you started working on this song.

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My son, my youngest son, was very young,
like, really young still.

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When you have a new baby, you know,
it's pretty difficult to go away.

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But it's also easier to focus

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when you can take yourself
and go into another location.

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I had been writing with Jimmy Napes.

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We thought it'd be
a good idea to go to London,

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and just switch up the energy.

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And I was really excited to be with Jimmy,
'cause we have such a great chemistry.

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Alicia Keys is one of those people

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you just want to spend time with
and be around.

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It didn't feel like
I'm just a songwriter that's drafted in.

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Writing songs feels
very effortless for us,

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and there's a lot of trust there

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just because of a friendship
to begin with.

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I think what made
that particular session different

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was Sampha being there.

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I was really hoping to connect
with Sampha.

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Sampha is
an amazing jazz musician,

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and he hears melodies
that are very, very unique.

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You know, he creates his own world,
and so, I love connecting with people

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that create their own world just like me.

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No one loves collaborating
with somebody they never met before.

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-It's just awkward.
- Yeah.

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But I think we both had faith.

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And what was it about Sampha
that would make you wanna have that faith?

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I knew that we were kindred spirits
in a musical sense, you know.

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You can prepare
as much as you like to meet people,

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but it's always a little bit strange.

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You're gonna have
this really quite intense…

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intimate experience with someone
while making music.

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And it's always a bit weird
'cause I've obviously seen this person

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on my TV screen…and listened to albums.

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It's super flattering
when someone you've looked up to

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gets in contact with you.

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It's always weird 'cause it's like,
"Oh, they're a real person!"

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So he came in and it was good vibes.

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He was pretty almost maybe melancholy…

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and definitely shy.

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I'm not very good at small talk
if I'm honest.

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So sometimes I can be, like,
really awkward and shy.

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So we were talking a bit, and…

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he shared with me
that he had just lost his mother.

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And I was like, "Wow."
Being that, you know, I am a mother

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and I had just had a son.

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So it was kinda like
this crazy 360-perspective right before us

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that was just circling the space

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that I don't even think
we exactly recognized at the time.

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Even being in a place that's so emotional

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and then have to, like,
not know these people.

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You know, it's so risky.

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But maybe sometimes it's better
when you don't know people.

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You ever have that happen?

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Like, if you are on the verge of tears
and someone you love so deeply hugs you

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you cannot contain the tears.

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It's almost sometimes strangely better
when you don't know the person.

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So I already knew
he was in a delicate space

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and I was honored that he would come.

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And then at some point
we decided to go into the room and um…

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write…

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or whatever.

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Feel, play, vibe.

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- Yes, I can.

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You can't man. You're Alicia Keys.
You gotta sing "can."

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I did a "thee." I never say thee.

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So the footage of us in the studio…
Did you see--

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-Did they send the whole thing--
- They sent that to me.

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♪ I don't love thee ♪

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I think it was Jimmy
who kinda came up with the initial chords.

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Then I started to come up with melodies.

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That's kind of the process
of how we started to build it.

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These are the chords
that you're talking about.

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Don't you love a stem?

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I do. That's what the whole show is.

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I think it was actually the piano.

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Yeah, it's strange
because I think…

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making music is like a language.

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It's just kinda my way
of communicating with people.

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I definitely go into this kind of
stream-of-consciousness sort of world.

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Sometimes it feels like
I was in an alternate reality.

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It was such a beautiful melody
and almost so dreamy.

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That was hypnotic.

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There's, like, a bit of sweetness to it
and sort of, like, a longing.

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For me, it has this kind of hazy feeling
of memory drifting away.

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Something that you're sorta chasing,
but you can't quite reach.

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Just by the chords alone,
you felt something so powerful,

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but to give it word
was what the journey was about.

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So now we're kind of looking for the line.

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We had these beautiful chords
and beautiful melody, but no…concept,

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even though the feeling was there,

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and that's how songs
come together sometimes.

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So I started to sing
the cadence that I heard…

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and then words would jump out,
like "traveling by."

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So then Sampha's like, "Oh, traveling by!"

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"You keep traveling by.
It's more than I can take."

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There's a longingness,

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-like, to connect, but you tr--
- Traveling by…

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♪ And I cannot pretend ♪

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We need to think about what we're saying.

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Jimmy was like, "We need to figure out
what we're writing about."

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He's very practical.

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I like to visualize it in my mind,
the situation,

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-so I can get in--
-Yeah, so you can get in more.

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We knew we liked this "three-hour drive."

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We liked that 'cause that was, like,
"What does that mean? A three-hour drive.

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Where we going?"

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The idea of a three-hour drive, yeah,
I guess you just have this feeling of…

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someone working through something,
you know?

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There is something super reflective
about it and cathartic.

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I think it's "no you, no me."

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There's no you. There's no me.
You know, that's like…

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The-- Right.

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You give me life.

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♪ You give me life ♪

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When we landed on
"you give me life,"

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that was, like, a celebration
'cause you felt it.

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You're like, "That's it.
That's the thing."

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♪ You give me life ♪

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That's it.

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♪ You give me life ♪

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♪ You give me life ♪

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And it's so simple, but it means so much.

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"You give me life" means everything.

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Earlier in your career,
you were not interested in collaborating.

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What do you think changed?

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So much of my life,
I was too scared to open myself up.

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After you have kids,
I remember immediately realizing…

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I was like, "I don't--
None of this matters."

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I'm done?

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That's it.

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♪ You give me life ♪

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♪ You give me ♪

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Alicia started the beat on the MPC.
There are, like, 16 pads.

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Basically you hit them
and each one makes a different sound.

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So she's there, just like jamming,
making this beat.

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And I remember just thinking, "Oh my gosh.
Is there anything that she can't do?

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It's so loud and ridiculous.

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It's good. It needs it.

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It's so pretty
that I wanted it to feel more like rough.

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I think you're going…

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Doo doo by the kick.

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And then it changes
and it gets…

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-even more spacious.
- Right.

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You know, there's not hi-hats in there.
There's not, like, swells in there,

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and you think
that you have to fill things in

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with the pieces
that would be logical to put in there.

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And actually,
I find that hi-hats are restricting.

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In fact, live drummers too,
I'll ask them, "Don't play the hat.

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Make it like it's
the smallest set you ever had."

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I just love that
there's something about the space.

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When you add less, it feels bigger.

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There's, like, a element
of just sound design. Like this.

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Right.

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Yes, but it fits so well

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and there's such a hypnotic,
kind of fluid thing that I love.

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Just sounds that you feel, but don't hear.

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That's nice. That's you?

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That's nice!

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-That's dope.
- Is that original sound?

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We didn't think
that Sampha was gonna sing.

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You know, he came in to write
and he was gonna write

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and it was gonna be cool,
and it was gonna be my song.

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♪ I keep traveling ♪

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What's that? Tell me what you're thinking.
You keep, right there--

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You're hearing it
and you're not singing it.

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-Go ahead.
-I just think…

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But then he started singing…

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and it sounded so good.

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It just had a whole other thing to it.

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♪ 3 hour drive ♪

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♪ And I'm going nowhere ♪

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I started singing quietly
and they built me up with confidence,

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and I started gradually singing louder
and being more confident.

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♪ I've got the time ♪

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It was kind of, like,
just an off-the-cuff idea.

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We could write a second verse,

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but wouldn't it be cool
if Sampha sang the same lyrics…

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back to Alicia
and interpreted them in his own way.

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I'm just gonna suggest
that we get some Sampha vocals too.

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I'm gonna suggest
that he sing the whole shit.

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And I was a little bit bashful, I think.

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I wouldn't say I felt like sink or swim,

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but I was like, "I've got to try."
I felt the pressure a little bit.

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♪ 3 hour drive ♪

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♪ And I'm headed nowhere ♪

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♪ I've got the time ♪

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♪ But now that you're not here ♪

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♪ I keep traveling by ♪

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♪ Keep traveling by looking for love ♪

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♪ You got me looking for love ♪

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♪ I can't deny ♪

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♪ As hard as I try ♪

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♪ That you give me life ♪

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♪ You give me life ♪

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Listen to his voice.

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It's so good.

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Sometimes I listen to it
and I'm like, "Ugh,"

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just 'cause I can be uncomfortable

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with, like, being, like, having, like,
a confident full-voice vocal out there.

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It's very kind of revealing.

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♪ 3 hour drive ♪

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♪ And I'm headed nowhere… ♪

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It gives me goose bumps thinking about it
because when he performs that vocal,

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there's so much pain in his voice.

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♪ Keep traveling by… ♪

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There is definitely, like,
an energy that you're sort of letting out

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that kind of…comes from somewhere.

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And a lot for me,
I feel, like, is a lot of pent-up stuff.

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♪ Sometimes I try ♪

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♪ You give me life… ♪

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The mic captures that.

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♪ You give me life ♪

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There's times where it's, like, I…

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you know,
life can be too heavy for you to try

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and put on a mask or try and put on a face
or try and be someone else.

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I think I felt like, you know,
I'm just gonna be myself

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and what will be will be kind of thing.

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Jimmy, now that I think about it,

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and Sampha…

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Yeah.

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…it's kind of freaking crazy…

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if he sings the same verse as me
because it's like,

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this is what I'm going through

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and he's going through
the exact same thing.

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Now how many times does that happen?

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Okay, now we're on the same page.

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You take a minute,
understand the point I was just making,

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but I'm glad you're here now to face it.

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Now I know you had this all worked out,

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but I'm just saying.

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It's so much sicker
if it's the same,

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just from two different perspectives.

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Uh huh. It's pretty crazy. I mean, I'm in.

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It's worth a try anyway,
at the very least.

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♪ 3 hour drive ♪

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♪ I'm headed nowhere ♪

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♪ I've got the time ♪

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♪ Now that you're not here ♪

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♪ I keep traveling by… ♪

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Once I got into the booth to sing,
that's when it finally started dawning

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on me, the meaning of the song.

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♪ You got me looking for love ♪

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♪ And I can't deny ♪

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♪ As hard as I try
I try ♪

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♪ You give me life ♪

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You give me life, for me,
meant my sons.

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And you give me life for him…

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meant his mom.

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♪ It's more than I can take ♪

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♪ Down on my knees, my love ♪

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♪ It's more than I can take ♪

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This kind of mirror…

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of the sentiment
from another sort of voice.

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You know,
two different ends of the spectrum.

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Sort of like life and death.

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Both things that when they happen to you,
your life will never be the same.

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Here my son was just born…

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and here his mom had just transitioned.

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At one point, his mom was looking
at a baby she was bringing into the world.

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At one point,
his mom felt like he brought her life.

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And I could imagine
when my son is his age,

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one day, I'm gonna transition.

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And it was this crazy, beautiful circle.

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♪ Heart on my sleeve ♪

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♪ No, you know me
It's more than I can take ♪

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♪ Down on my knees ♪

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♪ Come back to me ♪

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♪ It's more than I can take ♪

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The bridge is just us in unison.

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♪ No, you know me ♪

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♪ It's more than I can take ♪

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♪ Down on my knees… ♪

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You kinda can't tell.
Is that him? Is that her?

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♪ It's more than I can take… ♪

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It becomes just one.

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♪ No, you know me… ♪

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But it wasn't harmonies
and backgrounds and ahs and ohs.

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It was just us.

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♪ It's more than I can take ♪

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It's so clear that you're singing
from a place of joy

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and he's singing from a place of grieving.

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So evident. It's crazy.
Just gave me chills hearing it like that.

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I think we got the majority
of what we hear now in that day.

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It was captured
in a moment and felt very free

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and that had to be that way.

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-Unbelievable.

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The song wanted to write itself…

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which I didn't know
until it all made sense at the end,

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when it all came
back around to the beginning,

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which it always does.

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Music is that thing
that you're able to express yourself

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in a way that you just can't do it
in any other way.

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Honestly,
I'm just excited about the emotion of it,

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and it just so happens

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that everybody's going to experience
this feeling in one way or another,

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and we got to put it to music.

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Poetry to music
and just, like, so be the conduit.

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And so, to me, that is all that matters.

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And now here's
"3 Hour Drive" by Alicia Keys

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in its entirety.

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♪ You give me ♪

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♪ You give me life ♪

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♪ You give me ♪

341
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♪ You got me looking for love ♪

342
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♪ You give me life ♪

343
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♪ And I can't deny ♪

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♪ As hard as I try ♪

345
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♪ I've got the time ♪

346
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♪ Now that you're not here ♪

347
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♪ Looking for love ♪

348
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♪ You got me looking for love
Oh ♪

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♪ That you give me life ♪

350
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♪ You give me life ♪

351
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♪ I can't deny ♪

352
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♪ As hard as I try ♪

353
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♪ Oh I can't deny
I can't deny ♪

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♪ As hard as I try
As hard as I try ♪

355
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♪ You give me life
You give me life ♪

356
00:22:34,144 --> 00:22:38,899
♪ You give me life
You give me life ♪

357
00:22:38,982 --> 00:22:41,068
♪ Heart on my sleeve ♪

358
00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:45,113
♪ No, you know me
It's more than I can take ♪

359
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♪ Down on my knees, come back to me
It's more than I can take ♪

360
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♪ Heart on my sleeve
No you, no me ♪

361
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♪ It's more than I can take ♪

362
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♪ Down on my knees, my love
It's more than I can take ♪

363
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♪ You give me ♪

364
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♪ You give me life ♪

365
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♪ You give me ♪