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" My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different. "

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" I listen to music all the time, and a lot of the things I cover are the standards of my time, and they work for me. "

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" The thing that I tell young people is everybody is unique in their approach to the music, and you have to protect that. "

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" I think that when I started singing, I didn't know what I wanted to do; I only knew what I didn't want to do. "

" I knew what the story behind 'Dreams' was. It was about Stevie Knicks' relationship. But when I sing it, it's about sharing some sage advice with somebody. "

" If a song feels good to me, it's not very difficult to make it my own. "

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" Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in. When I worked with Clark Terry, that was the beginning of school for me, and Harry Belafonte and Sergio Mendes, they were all my universities. "

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" Jazz onstage is a very intimate exchange between everybody that's onstage. "

" I really enjoy going out with my jazz group. That's something that I don't ever want to stop doing. "

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