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I think my intention was there, and my love for the music was apparent. And there are very few singers who get up and desire to take the kinds of risks that jazz musicians routinely need to be taking.

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

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I'm one of the culprits who keeps turning stuff around, shaking up original tunes and trying to stand the canon on its ear. But sometimes, you just need to sing the song.

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It's true that I'm not known as a crooner or balladeer. I'm known for a more crusading or quixotic temperament.

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There is an actor's responsibility in presenting the emotional content of the lyrics to an audience. But whether you do that in a straightforward fashion or an ironic fashion or a blase fashion is all about opportunities, and singers are missing opportunities as artists if they don't pay attention to the lyric.

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There's a wide spectrum of possibilities in how to deliver a song.

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'Man in the Air' was an experience in exercise.

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The idea is to be unrestrained by categories.

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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.

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There are incredible musicians around the world.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: November 2nd, 1967

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