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" All of a sudden, I was in charge of my own decisions in the studio, and I didn't have someone to guide me on what I was doing, right or wrong... I wasn't a producer, and I didn't realize until then how important producers were and how much they assisted me in my work. I tried to do what I could, but I had no idea what would be good for the market. "
Decisions
My Own
Doing
" Along the way, everyone's been saying, 'Make sure you take care of your voice because you're going to want to do it the rest of your life.' And it's absolutely true. "
Saying
Rest
You
" As a child, all I knew was that people kept asking me to sing, and because I liked to please, I would sing. It wasn't until my dad told me that my singing made him happy that I began to think my voice might be good. "
Voice
Think
Good
" As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them someday. "
Things
Going
Vinyl
" At this stage, most of the awards I get are concerned with my longevity. Even I'm amazed at myself because there have been new generations since I've been born and new music that they create, so it's amazing to still be on the radar. "
Amazing
Born
Create
" But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity. "
Grateful
Success
Lot
" Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think. "
Think
Song
Christmas
" Dad would come home from doing odd jobs, and sometimes he'd come home late at night with lumber, and he'd rumble around with all this wood in our small place. We'd finish putting it away, and then we'd play that piano. I'll be eternally grateful to him. "
Place
Night
Grateful
" Each person's voice is very different, so you need to find what works for you. Make sure you keep to your routine. "
Find
Voice
You
" Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past. "
Best
People
Past
" Every performer has a little gem, a little pearl they have done that nobody pays much attention to. And then one day, somebody does recognize it, which is so gratifying. "
Done
One Day
Attention
" Every time I try to tell people things about my career, I wonder if that's the truth or something I'm fantasizing about. "
Time
Truth
Try
" First, I try to take everything away that doesn't matter to singing. It sounds simplistic, but it works. There is absolute focus on singing: producing sounds and emotions that I have always enjoyed. This is key. "
Key
Away
Try
" For me, hearing my voice is sometimes a little nauseating, especially at Christmas. "
Voice
Me
Hearing
" Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to. "
Way
Life
Accustomed
" I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work. "
Amazing
Early
Her
" I always felt like what I was doing wasn't selling toys; I was making a happy sound at Christmas. When people hear something so familiar, it brings them back to a special place, and that's been meaningful for me. "
Christmas
Happy
Place
" I always have homemade chicken stock in the refrigerator. I'll reduce it, maybe add a little cream and a few shallots. Before you know it, eureka! It's the best. "
Before
You
Always
" I believe it was Nat King Cole that my dad took me to see, and we were sitting in the dressing room, and I blurted out to him, 'Why didn't you sing this?' Referring to whatever song I had wanted to hear, and he told me he was tired of singing it. "
Believe
King
Tired
" I cannot tell you how lucky I am: the songs that I sing, I like! "
Lucky
I Am
Sing
" I decided right away that whomever was going to advise me had to be fundamentally interested in music. This protected me from the skullduggery common to the music industry then and that still exists today. Of course, using this method meant that some things we didn't know and just had to learn how to do it together. "
Together
Today
Music
" I don't think about the future. It sort of will take care of itself; there's not really much that I can do other than fundamental things like taking care of my voice, keeping to my exercise routine, and getting some rest. "
Care
Future
I Can
" I drank too much, only champagne. "
Champagne
Too
Too Much
" I'd rather starve than not have what I really want to eat. I'm good at preparation. "
Rather
Good
Want
" I got an invitation to go to the Olympic trials. And in the same week, I got a telegram from a... big executive at Columbia Records. "
Trials
Invitation
Big
" I go to the gym rather early with a workout pal. I get there at 7, or a little before, and do weights and a little cardio for an hour, five days a week. "
Go
Early
Days
" I had a good record company right from the beginning, and I'm still with them after all these years. I think I may be the only person in the world that's had a tenure this long with any record company. "
Beginning
World
Think
" I had stage fright for years and years, and I could hear it in my singing. But since I've done it so often for so many years, you'd think that I'd relax a little bit, and I think that I have. "
You
Relax
Singing
" I have no memories of my childhood in Texas. When I was about four, we moved to San Francisco. I was in the middle of seven brothers and sisters: three girls and four boys. Most of my older brothers and sisters got the blame for everything, and the little ones had a free ride. We loved each other but fought like cats and dogs. "
Ride
Cats
Childhood
" I have no way of knowing why my career has lasted so long other than the fact that people like the sound of my voice. Fortunately, I've been able to maintain it. "
Why
Voice
People
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