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" Each of the CDs prior to 'Flirting With Twilight' were more like roller-coaster rides. "

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" People just want to dig; they want to dance. They don't want to work all through the night, and neither do I. I like getting 'out there,' but communication should be occurring on more levels than heavy-laden philosophical. "

" I've tried to learn as much as I can about the great jazz singers to understand what makes them important, vital artists, but there is always something more to learn. "

" Music is a physical expression that has a physical impact upon the listener. Sound travels in waves through the air. This is not abstract. This is scientific fact. And it makes physical contact with the eardrum... and with the heart... and with the rest of the body. "

" I try to sleep as much as I can. I drink a lot of water. I practice consistently and just try to be ready for the gig. "

" We live in a society where it's cool to be criminal. "

" The musicians in Chicago gave me my vocation, but New York calls to a jazz musician, for sure. You want to test your mettle. "

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

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

" I've got enough miles under my belt to know that whatever you envision in your mind, even if it comes true, will only keep a shape in the most general way. "

" I think my intention was there, and my love for the music was apparent. And there are very few singers who get up and desire to take the kinds of risks that jazz musicians routinely need to be taking. "

" Audiences have taught me how to sing better and entertain better. "

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

" I don't want to take it easy. "

" When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up. "

" I think I make most of my decisions pretty organically. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I didn't arrive on the scene until after Jaco Pastorius had passed, but 'Three Views of a Secret' is a long-time favourite of mine. "

" Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way. It's such a fulfilling vocation. I love it. "

" I'm one of the culprits who keeps turning stuff around, shaking up original tunes and trying to stand the canon on its ear. But sometimes, you just need to sing the song. "

" You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear. "

" Listening to something without being present is different from being there in the flesh. "

" Karl Johnson, my first piano player at Milt Trenier's, he just swung really hard and gave me a sense of really belonging to the jazz scene. "

" I spend upwards of 200 nights a year on the road. "

" That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think. "

" There's a wide spectrum of possibilities in how to deliver a song. "

" 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. "

" There are incredible musicians around the world. "

" If I was going to sell out, I would do it for more than 10,000 records. "