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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Music is a physical expression that has a physical impact upon the listener. Sound travels in waves through the air. This is not abstract. This is scientific fact. And it makes physical contact with the eardrum... and with the heart... and with the rest of the body. "

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

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

" The singer is always an ambassador of music. "

" We live in a society where it's cool to be criminal. "

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

" You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear. "

" I want to be the jazz singer. "

" Audiences have taught me how to sing better and entertain better. "

" When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up. "

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

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

" 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'm a goof, man. "

" 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. "

" A lot of people are put off by the idea of scat singing. Either that or it's something to be made fun of. "

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

" 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 don't want to take it easy. "

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

" 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. "

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

" It helps me to learn things in different languages, even if it's just phonetically, and to make myself vulnerable to other audiences by trying to reflect back to them the genius of their own cultures, and to do that, oftentimes, in new jazz settings, new arrangements. It's a way to show respect. "