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

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

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

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

Graduate School

" 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. "

" It's pretty rare in jazz to have a full-on steady band. "

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

" My goal is to be really incredible by the time I'm 70. "

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

" I know how hard it's been for me to get my thing out there. "

" You don't just let a guy drop off the earth and not come together with everybody who knew him and loved him and respected him. You try to do it the right way. "

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

" 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. "

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

" There are incredible musicians around the world. "

" Every record is a gate of a certain kind for me. "

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

" 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 had everything to gain by giving it everything I could. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I haven't been afraid of John Coltrane or Miles Davis or Bill Evans or Wayne Shorter or Herbie Hancock. Why would I be afraid of the Beatles? "

" 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. "