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" A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of. "
Proud
Something
Success
" A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra. "
Greatest
Famous
Lot
" Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself. "
Music
Reach
Myself
" Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time. "
Time
Amazing
Information
" Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being. "
Human Being
King
Moving
" For years I've kept a list of dream projects. "
Dream
Years
Projects
" I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience. "
Legs
Back
Break
" I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment. "
Yourself
Time
Happy
" I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra. "
Songs
Years
Common
" I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself. "
Myself
Love
How
" I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer. "
Proud
Mentors
Me
" It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful. "
Something
Different
Powerful
" It's an important thing to remember where you came from. "
Remember
Important
Came
" It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak. "
Intention
Speak
Understanding
" I was blown away by the control and the range that I was hearing. I'm listening to Pavarotti and thinking, What the hell have I been doing with my voice all these years? "
Listening
Control
Voice
" No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing. "
Matter
Great
Digital
" One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist. "
Want
Artist
You
" Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone. "
Tough Guy
Tough
Up
" Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist. "
Good
Home
Artist
" The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you. "
Come
Bigger
Down
" There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madonna. "
Someone
People
Think
" The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to. "
Audience
Top
Geared
" The whole industry evolves around a great song. "
Around
Song
Whole
" To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing. "
Voice
Wonder
Things
" We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit. "
Hit
Call
Used
" When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight. "
Studying
Fight
Like
" When I was invited to sing with Pavarotti, I had about two weeks to learn Italian. "
About
Had
Learn
" When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, serve the song. "
Out
Song
You
" Whoever best serves the song is going to be served by the song. "
Going
Song
Served
" With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD. "
Internet
Much
People
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