IT'S
IT'S A
IT'S A STORY OF PERSEVERANCE OF NEVER GIVING UP LAMB VALUE. EUGENE MURPHY
JUNIOR WAS HOMELESS AT ONE
POINT THEN WORKING AT A CARWASH
UNTIL EVERYTHING CHANGED. HE'S
THE SEASON 6 WINNER OF
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT AND HE
JUST CHECKED ANOTHER HUGE ITEM
OFF OF HIS BUCKET LIST. FIRST
OF ALL, I WANT TO WELCOME TO
OUR SHOW ORLANDO. GOOD MORNING
AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. GOOD WORD. I WANT TO
LET OUR VIEWERS KNOW YOUR
LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT AND I'LL
LET YOU SHARE THE GOOD NEWS.
WHAT DID YOU JUST FINISH? MY
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. YEAH, I
JUST READ IT A NICE GOOD 30
YEARS I WENT BACK TO THIS DAY
WITH THIS DOWNTIME. IT TOOK UP
TIME THE ACTUALLY NOT SO
APPEALING GAME AND THAT'S
ASTONISHING BECAUSE LET'S FACE
IT, ORLANDO, YOU'VE DONE PRETTY
WELL SINCE APPEARING ON
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT. YOU WON
YOU'VE GOT SOME RECORDS OUT
NOW, SOME ALBUMS OUT. YOU
REALLY DIDN'T NEED TO GO BACK
AND GET YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO
DO THAT? I NEEDED TO GET IT FOR
MYSELF. IT WAS JUST STUFF THAT
ALWAYS REGRETTED NOT TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT I
SET MY MIND TO THE BEST. JUST
SOMETHING THAT I DID AND AT
THE TIME I DIDN'T HAVE
THE FOCUS TO DO. I DROPPED OUT
OF SCHOOL AND THEN I REGRETTED
IT LATER ALTHOUGH I MOSTLY
EVERY JOB THAT I REPLIED. AND I
WAS MAKING ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT
DOLLARS TO 25 CENTS AND NOW
WE'RE AT THIRTY THREE DOLLARS
OUT AGAIN SURPRISE I THIS BIG
TV SHOW AND ALL THAT STUFF IS
SO I MEAN IT'S REALLY NOT. IT
JUST HELPED ME BACK. LEE I JUST
FELT LIKE IT WAS A PART OF
MISNOMER. I SAW WHEN I. I WANT
YOU TO TAKE ME BACK. GO TO
THE TIME THAT YOU FIRST
APPEARED ON STAGE TO AUDITION
FOR AMERICA'S GOT TALENT. WHAT
WAS REMARKABLE ABOUT YOU AND I
KNEW THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO
IS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAD THIS
CONFIDENCE. YOU NEVER SEEM
NERVOUS ONSTAGE. WHY DO YOU
THINK THAT WAS HAD ALREADY BEEN
SEATED IN AN ENCLOSED ACTUALLY
HAD A BLUE SO BEING CALLED A
TOP SHELF HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA
AND GIVEN I BASICALLY WAS GROWN
AND BE WITHOUT ANY REAL WAS
GOING ON THAT SHOW BECAUSE I
HIT ROCK BOTTOM AND MY BAND
FELL APART. SOMEWHAT SURPRISED
BY HOW YOU TOOK ALL MY CLOTHES
TOP RIGHT FOR EVERYTHING. SO
IT'S LIKE I HAD NOTHING TO LIVE
WITH IT WAS LIKE A CATCH 22 FOR
MILLIONS. RIGHT. EVEN IF I DID
WIN THE CHALLENGE TO SHOW
EVERYONE IN LIFE BY GETTING ON
THE SHOW ON TV OR HAVING
THE WORLD SEE MY TALENT YOU
KNOW AFTER A RECORD LABEL OR A
CRUISE SHIP, YOU KNOW OR
SOMEBODY I WAS GOING TO CALL ME
AND I LOVE BOAT LIKE WELL WHAT
ARE YOU DOING NOW TO GET US UP
TO DATE ON WHERE YOUR CAREER
IS? OH, EVERYTHING IS SLOW DOWN
RIGHT NOW BUT WE'RE GOING
CONVERGE VIDEOS. YOU KNOW, I'VE
GOT A NEW ALBUM MUCH DAMAGE ON
MY BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR I JUST
DIDN'T JUST POWERS AND IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE SET TO COME OUT
IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR BUT ALL
OF THIS STUFF HAPPENS SO WE
PUSHED IT BACK A LITTLE BIT
WHICH IS TRYING TO WAIT FOR
THE RIGHT TIME TO RELEASE. BUT
LIVES FOR LOS VEGAS EAST PALACE
ALL RIGHT. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL
OUT. I JUST FINISHED. I JUST
DID A MOVIE. WE MAYBE TWO YEARS
AGO I HAD A NICE CAMEO IN
THE MOVIE CALLED CHOICE THE RON
JAMES STORY. I JUST GET CREDIT
FOR GIVING BACK TO A LOT OF
GOOD CAUSE THAT I BELIEVE IN
DINO IS IN THE STUDIO WORK AND
PUBLIC SERVICE AND SOME YOU
KNOW, VIDEOS LIKE THIS, STUFF
LIKE THAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO
YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AN
INSPIRATION TO SO MANY OTHERS.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME HERE BUT CAN
YOU GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF MY WAY AS WE'RE ENDING THIS
INTERVIEW AND THE SOME OF
THE FINAL FIVE SO CLEARLY I'LL
STATE MY WHICH I CERTAINLY MY
MY