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" Chicago is my home. And the way Chicago sounds will always be a part of who I am. "

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" I'm lucky that I enjoy touring as much as I do. I'm not going to make a living just making records. "

" I had everything to gain by giving it everything I could. "

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" One doesn't have to scat to be a jazz singer. "

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" You want to be doing your best work whatever field of the arts you're in because your life's going to be over all too soon, and you have to make the most of it. "

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" You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician. "

" You can never predict what the specific shape of your life is going to be, and you won't really know its general shape until, God willing, you're advanced in years and you have the time and opportunity to look back in a coherent way and see what your life was about. "

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" Why limit yourself to one discipline or field of study? "

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" I'd been studying philosophy at the University of Chicago. I hadn't been doing well, because I was sitting in with jazz musicians at night - it's hard to read Heidegger, but it's especially hard if you're half asleep. "

" There are incredible musicians around the world. "

" Romance is one of the things that most countries share, and I've noticed how different communities have their own ways of singing about love and heartbreak. "

" I don't really have a more intellectualized approach. After the fact, I can sure talk about stuff a lot - but when I make decisions, I really just follow what sounds good to me. "

" You can start from any source material, and you can approach it with a jazz ear, and then it will become a jazz moment. "

" Sometimes, with vocalese, I'm dealing with something, a great solo from the past, which is so iconic I can't presume to change it or mess with it. "

" I'm a goof, man. "

" In New York, the drummers rush for a reason - because there's so much energy crackling through everything in that city and so many collisions at a highly accelerated rate. "

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" I can't say New York's home, but I've made a lot of friends, and I'm developing a map of what cats are here and where they play, and as a singer, you're always looking for projects that tie things in emotionally and intuitively with your life. "

" I was very lucky that more experienced musicians allowed me to caterwaul until I figured out what it was really about. "

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" It must be a hellish thing to know what's possible in music, to be hearing things all the time and not have an appropriate outlet for them. "

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