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" If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come. "

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

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

" Sometimes people have this notion that improvisation is simply intuitive leaping into the unknown. "

" You don't show respect to Frank Sinatra and his great example by trying to sound exactly like him. You show it by sounding exactly like you, and that's the way jazz has always progressed as an art form. "

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

" I travel all the time. And as I go around the world, I try to learn a little something and not just take up all the available air. "

" I haven't been afraid of John Coltrane or Miles Davis or Bill Evans or Wayne Shorter or Herbie Hancock. Why would I be afraid of the Beatles? "

" You don't just let a guy drop off the earth and not come together with everybody who knew him and loved him and respected him. You try to do it the right way. "

" I'm a goof, man. "

" There is an actor's responsibility in presenting the emotional content of the lyrics to an audience. But whether you do that in a straightforward fashion or an ironic fashion or a blase fashion is all about opportunities, and singers are missing opportunities as artists if they don't pay attention to the lyric. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" It's easy to get tired of religious fundamentalists. They're such a bore. They have no sense of mystery. It's a drag, man. "

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

" At a certain point, the graduate school thing didn't work out, and that meant I was liberated. "

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" I've tried to educate myself in the world and what's beautiful and what has meaning and is lasting. Then I just follow my intuition and see how it fits. "

" I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our daughter when I'm out on the road. "

" People want to have access to jazz because it has a vibe that's very strong. "

" 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. "

" It's true that I'm not known as a crooner or balladeer. I'm known for a more crusading or quixotic temperament. "

" 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. "

" Every record is a gate of a certain kind for me. "

" I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not. "

" It's a beautiful thing to have time in the world, as a singer and as a musician, to make friends with people of the musical caliber of a Tommy Smith, an Arturo Sandoval, a Richard Galliano, a Till Broenner. "

" I think of jazz as being homage through innovation. Don't quote that as a definition, but it comes pretty close. "

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