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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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Got to catch my breath.

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I am out of shape but --

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I am gonna play for you one more song tonight,
or this afternoon.

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And this is a really meaningful song to me

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and I just wanted to tell you a little about 
what it means to me.

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This song is called "Transcendence."

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And I wrote it at the time of my life,
I was kind of, probably,

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at the lowest point of my life.

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I didn't quite know who I was.

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And I was surprised at
the person that I thought I was finding.

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And I wrote this song
and I called it "Transcendence"

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because 'to transcend' means not just

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to get through something
or get passed something,

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but it means to completely
overcome something

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and become better for it.

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So in my own life I found that
during that time period

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I found passion and I found that I was able 
express myself through something I love.

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And I really think that's kind of what saved me, 
and helped me in that time of my life.

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And I love being able to share it
with other people now --

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And just like it's been said
over and over again,

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by finding passion and
by sharing with other people

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we are able to work from the inside out.

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And that's how we find happiness.

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So I just want to encourage you all
to take what you've learned today

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and to transcend.

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