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" We've never performed the song live outside of recording it in the studio. That was a dream come true because Whitney, she's an icon and she's been one of my main mentors in this business. "
Deborah Cox
She
Song
True
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" I picked up the Joss Stone album, Josh Groban, and the new Norah Jones. I love, love, love Norah. "
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" I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience. "
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" I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level. "
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" They've got the singles and some people have burnt them from different web sites and stuff. So it was something that we talked about for a long, long time, and I just wanted to make sure that this remix album to be really special. "
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" People see that I have my own voice, my own opinion, my own likes. The album really reflects that. "
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" I think the inspiration came from the fans. Whenever I'm online or whenever I get a chance to really communicate with the fans and the audience, they always say that they would love to have all of the remixes on one CD. "
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" My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see the dance remixes being any different than an hip-hop remix- it's really a different version of the song. "
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Song
Music
" I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot. "
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" The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it. "
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" Both songs are really, really intense when it comes to performing them, and very draining at the same time. "
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Songs
" I think it's his perception of knowing how to make a record build, keeping the integrity of the song in the music and really adding a lot of musical elements to compliment my voice and to compliment the song. "
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Music
" I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more experiences. "
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Life
Love
" The club shows are really intense and powerful, but for a shorter time, and the audiences are in close proximity than when I'm performing at The Palace Theatre. "
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Time
Theatre
Powerful
" He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though there's a lot of production going on. I think that's the key and that's the magic, it's making sure that people could still connect with the lyrics while they're on the dance floor. "
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Magic
People
" It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground. "
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" I really think about the times that I've been through with my husband and all the stuff that we've been through together, and I think to those moments for inspiration for the role. "
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Together
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" So I did 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' and the original version is a ballad. The original Phil record is uptempo but we slowed it down and made it a ballad. "
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" It was a dream come true performing with her and just being on the same record. So in my eyes, she was the epitome of a great voice and for us to share together was awesome. "
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" I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure from her people to take on the responsibility of leading them. "
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People
" I really connect with those moments of doing missionary work down there and just seeing the people that are dying from disease and hunger and malnutrition. "
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" I'm at a point where I'm going where the journey leads me. I've set goals but I don't get really hung up if I don't achieve those goals right away or in my time, you know what I mean? "
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" The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they asked all these different artists to do renditions of his songs. "
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" When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when I first heard it and it just moved me. "
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" Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting to do theatre, and it's great. "
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" The record was only released in the UK, and then when the idea for the remixed album came about, which was an idea that I've had for the longest time, I said this would be great song to remix as well, and so we did it. "
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Only
Time
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" I had this instinct and I just knew it. It was a very strange thing and as soon as I finished recording it, we were all in the studio saying we have something really special here. "
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Strange
Saying
Special
" I've done that I was touring a couple of years ago with R. Kelly and the Lillith Fair, I would do the late night underground gigs as well because it's always around those times that there was a hot song, either on the radio or in the clubs, it would just be simultaneous. "
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Always
Late
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" I never take on anything that is just for the money or just for, you know. I always have to connect with it in a very personal way because I believe the audience will sense whether I'm into it or not, so I don't take on projects that I'm not really passionate about. "
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" I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression. "
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