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

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" I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band. "

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

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

" The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better word, self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence

" We all know that jazz demands a cultivation of the mind. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" 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'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. "

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

" The singer is always an ambassador of music. "

" I want to be the jazz singer. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I really thought I was gonna have a straight gig. But these jazz musicians put their arms around me time and again and said, 'Hey, young fella, you're one of us. Come with us.' That's a big deal when you're young and looking for your way in the world. "

" With a smaller setting, you have a lot more freedom and flexibility within a given moment, but not necessarily the velocity you have with a big band. "