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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. "
Kurt Elling
Time
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Possible
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" I've got more low notes than I had when I started. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" Out in L.A., things relax even further than they do in Chicago. There's such a looseness to it, and there's a potentially refreshing advantage to that. "
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" I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not. "
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" 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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" 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 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. "
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Scene
" 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. "
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Important
" 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. "
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" The idea is to be unrestrained by categories. "
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" If you start to dwell on your pain, the amount of pain will increase. "
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Your
" 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. "
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Think
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" Listening to something without being present is different from being there in the flesh. "
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" I couldn't do what I do without the encouragement and influence of the musicians I played with in Chicago. "
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" It's pretty rare in jazz to have a full-on steady band. "
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" I had everything to gain by giving it everything I could. "
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Giving
" 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. "
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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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" 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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