They Picked on Him for Being Different – Then This Song Changed Everything!

Any one of those idiots who bullied you now, I hope, is watching this audition. All of us were willing you to be good. I didn't know you were going to be great. Do you think I'm ready? I think you're show ready. You think I'm show ready? Yes. Show ready is better than ready. Let me see you turn around. When did you say AGT was the place that you needed to be? It wasn't really my choice because I didn't think I was good enough. And when did that change? It didn't. Okay. Mom was like, we're signing you up. Sometimes you have to let the people who believe in you do their thing. You worked hard for this and you deserve to be here. I love you. I love you too. I'm very proud of you. My favorite outfit today. Mine too. Yes. Thank you so much. Welcome. Let's start with your name please. My name is Avery Dixon. And where are you from? I'm from Atlanta, Georgia. How old are you? I'm 21. 21. Okay. Now I'm guessing you're going to play the saxophone. Yes. I think I'll guess that you're right. So I'm really curious, Avery, because I find with the saxophone, it sort of goes in and out of fashion over the years. What do you feel about that? It going in and out of fashion depends on the player. Oh, good point. And tell me what got you into this. Okay. So at the time I picked up the saxophone, I was getting bullied in elementary school. For what? Oh, my voice sounds a little bit different. You got a great voice. And I looked a little bit different too. And my elementary school nickname was Hammerhead, because I had these knots on my head because I'm premature. I was born at one pound, eight ounces. And my vocal cords don't close all the way. So I made my voice sound really airy. Students were so negative about my voice. One called me frog and she'd get the class in on the joke. And it was relentless. And I actually, I was so in such a dark place, I actually wanted to commit suicide. And when you're in that mindset, the only thing you want to do is quit. So you decided to find something to take your mind away from all those horrible people. And it was the saxophone. Yes. That's when I started actually learning how to play. Good for you. What would you do if you were to win? Well, first, I'd want to give my mom and my brother a space where we can actually live as loud as you want to be, because I can't exactly practice where I live now. Somebody had called the cops on me before I flew out. Really? I was trying to practice because doing a show as big as this, I want to get everything perfect. For sure. So they had called the cops. The cops came banging on the door. They were like, you need to be quiet. My goal with the music with this is to be able to do the thing I love. And if I can do that, I'll have found my purpose for being on America's Got Talent. I agree. Here, you can be as loud as you like. Thank you. Let's get some water. Yeah. I think it will be on there. How quick is that? He's thirsty. Oh, he's nervous. Are you okay? Yes, I'll be fine. I'm sorry. Don't worry. Please be good. Mandel gets up to dance. That means you're really good because he never dances. I love you. I love who you are. You need to be here. You're supposed to be here. Thank you so much. You will change the world. When you play with your instruments, because we could feel how special it is for you. And I think America is going to fall in love with you. Look, every time I hear a story about a kid being bullied at school, it breaks my heart. It breaks it even more now because I have a son myself, and I could not think of anything worse. Any one of those idiots who bullied you now, I hope is watching this audition. You know, all of us were willing you to be good. I didn't know you were going to be great. It was like listening to a singer. You know, you have the ups and downs, and you've got 4,000 people in here on their feet. So it's in your blood. This is your destiny. If you were looking for validation, you just got it. Because I'm going to give you your first yes. There's no need to vote. Avery Dixon, you touch the heart of every human being in this building right now. You've been bullied all your life, but you tell every bully that you have a big brother named Terry Crews, who is here, who's got your back. And all those bullies are going to have to watch you succeed, my friend. One of my girlfriends, when she found out I was getting married, she said, so are you going to lose weight for your wedding? No, I know. I was like, no, but I'm going to lose girlfriends. Let them know. I wasn't going to torture myself for my wedding. No, I wore Spanx like a grown-up. I bought a juicer on a weight loss website. My first juice ever, I juice kale and cucumber with spinach and celery. And I would rather have diabetes. It's the nastiest thing. Because it's hard losing weight, you know? Because when you lose weight, what they don't tell you is that it's never really lost. It's kind of, no, it's like a demon stalker waiting in the shadows for you to just have a moment of weakness, just like, you don't really like kale salad, do you? Baby, I love to eat. I know y'all can see I love to eat, baby. I think about food all the time, baby. This woman came up to me the other day and said, do you know how to get to the DMV? I said, yes. Do you see McDonald's? You go to McDonald's, you make a right, you're going to see Jack in the Box, Cross Street, and Taco Bell. You're going to make a left, you're going to see Denny's, Cross Street, and a little soul food place. It's got some wonderful potato salad next to it. It's a DMV. I joined Weight Watchers a year ago and lost like 45 pounds, right? I'm sorry, I gained it back. But the point is, when I first joined the program, I was down like three pounds in two days. I came off real fast. But the problem was, I thought I was Jennifer Lopez. You know how you lose two pounds? You're like, oh my god, you can barely see me. I'm wasting away. I wasn't. I look exactly the same. you