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| Getting Personal: Singer-songwriter Arlie Neaville |
| Sunday Edition, 12/13/2009 - by Tony Mancuso |
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| Photo by: Vanda Bidwell |
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| What time do you typically get up? What do you do the first hour of the morning? |
| I get up at 4 a.m. I have coffee, watch TBN, pray and read the Bible. I eat breakfast and make my list of things to do for the day. |
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| What did you have for lunch today? Where? Who with? |
| A bowl of vegan vegetable soup, at home with my wife, Judy. |
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| Best high school memory: |
| Hanging out with my best friends and playing music. |
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| Tell me about your favorite pair of shoes. |
| The ones I have on. |
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| What does a perfect Sunday afternoon include? |
| Our gospel sings at Lincoln Square and our Urbana Civic Center free dinner sing, which is Dec. 20. Also, spending time with my family and friends. |
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| Was there one book you read as a child that you still cherish? Own? Read? |
| The Bible, (which) I own and read. |
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| Where on earth are you dying to go? Why? |
| Heaven, because there is no sorrow. |
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| Tell me about your favorite pet. |
| Cookie the cat. She is 17 years old. |
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| Have you discovered as you matured that you are becoming like one of your parents? Which one and how? |
| Yes, (like) my grandmother in the Christian faith. |
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| What would you order for your last meal? |
| An organic vegan meal. |
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| What can you NOT live without? |
| Jesus Christ. |
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| Who do you have on your iPod? |
| Don't have an iPod. |
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| What's the happiest memory of your life? |
| The day I gave my life to Jesus Christ. |
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| If you could host a dinner party with any three living people in the world, what three people would you invite? |
| Billy Graham, Oral Roberts and Paul Crouch. |
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| What's the best advice you've ever been given? |
| Give your life to Jesus. |
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| What's your best piece of advice? |
| Give your life to Jesus. |
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| What was your first job, and how much did you make an hour? |
| I worked in the sawmill for $1 a day. |
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| What was a pivotal decision in your career, and how did you arrive at that decision? |
| At 17, I decided to be a full-time singer-songwriter, because people liked my music and I was encouraged, (and) I have been doing (it) for 55 years. |
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| Do you have a bad habit? What is it? |
| I put my foot in my mouth too much. |
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| How do you handle a stressful situation? |
| I give it to the Lord in prayer, and I laugh a lot. |
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| Article courtesy of the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette |
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