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Usher Raymond speaks on how he balances being a father and being an entertainer.
Transcript
00:00 Vegas residencies, they often bring artists face to face
00:03 with the challenge of extended performances,
00:07 day after day, like very long schedules.
00:10 So how have you been able to maintain your energy
00:12 and your enthusiasm night after night?
00:15 - Well, one, I have three shows a week,
00:17 so that makes it easy.
00:18 Normally it's a Wednesday, a Friday or a Saturday.
00:23 Few times on a few occasions,
00:24 it's been like a show on Sunday,
00:27 but that's really due to my being able to schedule
00:29 my life in it.
00:31 It takes a great deal of efforts, you know,
00:34 to try and figure out how to create normalcy
00:38 in this industry period.
00:40 As a parent who likes to actively be around with my kids
00:44 and really help them in engineering
00:48 what their life is gonna be.
00:50 So the residency of it gave me that ability to,
00:53 you know, after seven o'clock,
00:55 seven o'clock when I died, I was putting my babies to bed.
00:59 to the theater and having to show up until 11.

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