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" I hope that I'm also maturing emotionally as a human being as things go on. "

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" I couldn't do what I do without the encouragement and influence of the musicians I played with in Chicago. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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'm a goof, man. "

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

" You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies. "

" The singer is always an ambassador of music. "

" 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. "

" There are incredible musicians around the world. "

" 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 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. "

" I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz. "

" A lot of the commercial world wants to bank in on the cachet that jazz brings. "

" 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. "

" There's a spiritual complement to any attempt at transposing a commitment to humanity through music or art. "

" My intellect was quickened at divinity school, and my abilities to discern were strengthened, and that's always valuable. "

" If you start to dwell on your pain, the amount of pain will increase. "

" Part of my joy as a singer is to give gifts to people, and one way I try to connect to them is to add something in French or German or whatever. "

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

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

" Salacious? I suppose every once in a while the salacious thing is not a bad thing. It's kind of monochromatic if that's all you do. "

" I've got more low notes than I had when I started. "

" Chicago has a burly, action-oriented but still self-assured and relaxed confidence to its stride. The city has a lot of wide-open space and all the possibilities that suggests. There's a lot of horizontal grandeur here. "

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

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

" It's a lovely thing to have people in any circumstance appreciate your work. "

" I hope to be at the top of my game when I'm 65 or 70. I don't want to reach my peak at 29. Not that I'm holding back anything, but there's a bunch of junk I don't know. "