" 'I Can't Make You Love Me, ' 'Angel From Montgomery, ' 'Something to Talk About, ' you know, people who haven't seen me in a long time, they love those songs, and they're the ones who paid for the tour bus, " she said.

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"A friend of mine gave me your album Love Comes and Goes, and I wanted to make sure you knew that you're in my road music, and you have to understand how important my road music is to me, " McRae told Parris when they first met.

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