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" There are incredible musicians around the world. "

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" I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz. "

" Chicago has a burly, action-oriented but still self-assured and relaxed confidence to its stride. The city has a lot of wide-open space and all the possibilities that suggests. There's a lot of horizontal grandeur here. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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

" My strength is to communicate with an audience and to know what jazz singing is capable of. "

" 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. "

" While I revel in the memories of my own Grammy moment, I also know how it feels to walk away empty-handed. "

" I like the power and versatility of a big band and how an orchestra can vary the dynamics from very loud to very quiet, and SNJO covers those bases. "

" I want to be the jazz singer. "

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

" One doesn't have to scat to be a jazz singer. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I try to stick with things that I can sing with honesty. "

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

" Part of my joy as a singer is to give gifts to people, and one way I try to connect to them is to add something in French or German or whatever. "

" 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. "

" I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a white tux, and I thought, 'That would be good. To be the only man on stage in a white jacket.' "

" The idea is to be unrestrained by categories. "

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

Graduate School

" If I was going to sell out, I would do it for more than 10,000 records. "

" The singer is always an ambassador of music. "

" I've got more low notes than I had when I started. "