Urban Grandstand Digital Issue 6 | Page 17

Luenell: I just love to hear about somebody who said “F” it, I'm following this dream. It’s the passion that keeps you living, and working the job you hate that will put you in the ground. If we don’t go after our passions, if you think you are the best pancake maker, if you got a pancake recipe that every time somebody taste it their eyes roll up in their heads, and if it gives you joy, you need to see if you can be the top pancake person in the world. Do that, instead of working 9-5 at Shell oil where you hate the people, and they hate you, and you got reprimanded for being two minutes late from lunch. While you have some life and passion in you, you need to chase that dream. It doesn’t mean that you'd will always get support from your family. You think that my parents paid for me to go to school to get a degree in English so I can stand up and talk about my vagina on stage? No! They did not do that.

Urban Grandstand Digital: Exactly. But you definitely inspire a lot of people and we’re all very appreciative.

Luenell: I definitely appreciate the appreciation. I look forward to seeing you out at the show.

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