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"The first time I sang at the White House, my husband,
my mother and the rest of my family were there. Just before
I started singing, I had a flashback to my mother teaching
us how to behave at the table when I was a little girl. And
she would say,' Denyce, this is how you must behave when you
have dinner at the White House.' That flooded my memory. And
before I started to sing, I looked out at all those people
and I told them,' I have something to say.' And I told that
story to the people at the White House. When I got through,
I looked at my mother, and I said,' Mom. We're here."'
- Denyce Graves
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