From NOLA.com -
In "Second Time Around," a friend's uncomfortable experience at a Loretta Lynn concert in Cherokee, N.C., is spun into a lesson about finding one's place in sometimes inhospitable environs. The openly gay Ray has lived in a rural corner of Georgia for 17 years.
"There's a core group of people that are really progressive, but for the most part it's a very conservative area," she said. "I'm pretty out of place, and I love it. I can relate to the South because I'm from the South, and I don't mind being around people that feel differently from me."
"Often the places we love so much reject us, as a gay person. In a general sense, you feel, 'Am I going to be accepted?' But on a one-to-one basis, you start realizing there are people that will take you in and accept you. You have to work with your neighbors and not judge a book by its cover, and be willing to join that experience. That's what I'm saying in the song: Stand up for who you are, but also try to join in the experience that may scare you."
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From NOLA.com - In "Second Time Around," a friend's uncomfortable experience at a Loretta Lynn concert in Cherokee, N.C., is spun into a lesson about finding one's place in sometimes inhospitable environs. The openly gay Ray has lived in a rural corner of Georgia for 17 years.
"There's a core group of people that are really progressive, but for the most part it's a very conservative area," she said. "I'm pretty out of place, and I love it. I can relate to the South because I'm from the South, and I don't mind being around people that feel differently from me."
"Often the places we love so much reject us, as a gay person. In a general sense, you feel, 'Am I going to be accepted?' But on a one-to-one basis, you start realizing there are people that will take you in and accept you. You have to work with your neighbors and not judge a book by its cover, and be willing to join that experience. That's what I'm saying in the song: Stand up for who you are, but also try to join in the experience that may scare you."