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Taken by Rosie Nixon at his aids foundation bash, a lovely moment as he talks about having an Oscar for each son.

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00:00Alvin
00:11Because we've been 53 years together and it seems like after 53 years we got recognized for song
00:18and it's so important to the film, about the film and about my life.
00:21But this is a 12-year journey of making this film.
00:25A 53-year journey with him.
00:27A 26-year journey with David, my husband.
00:30And everyone in the film contributed to the film.
00:33All the actors, the director, the producers, Taron Egerton, the record company, the film company, Paramount, Interscog.
00:42Everybody involved in this film, we've made friends with us.
00:45I am so moved, so overwhelmed.
00:47This means so much.
00:50I actually have two Oscars now, one each from Wonder West.
00:53And we've already been FaceTiming them in the car.
00:57I'm thrilled because I love this man so much.
00:59Without him, I wouldn't be here.
01:01He writes the lyrics first, I write the melody.
01:03I'm terrible at lyrics.
01:05So without lyrics, I'm hopeless.
01:06He writes them, I write the melodies, and then it happens.
01:10So without him, I'd probably be working in Ralph's down the road.
01:14But I don't know.
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