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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
More live recording. I have missed the boat over my career by not doing every second or third CD live because things happen onstage that don't happen in the studio.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got an odometer on my voice that has out-odometered an odometer on an automobile.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church music between sips at my bottle, you know? I sat on the piano bench next to my mother. She was the church organist, so that music is deeply inside of me.
- Frankie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I slept fourteen feet from a polka tavern as a kid growing up. I heard polkas all night long, people singing and drinking beers and having a great time. I know more polkas than Frankie Yancovic!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was singing doo-wop on the corner under the streetlight with four other guys when it wasn't called doo-wop. We just got together and sang, so that music is inside of me. It's a lot of stuff that has been rolling around in here and becoming this compost and has made me who I am as a singer.
- Hearing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have serious hearing loss. I'm challenged if I don't have my hearing aids in.
- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz singers out there, and more coming out of the churches.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure it's a better music world of appreciation and performance. I think the listener is a different guy, and listening is something he does in passing, with other stuff going on. There's less care and understanding of the relationship between the song and the listener.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is such a balm. Always has been. It's such a heartbeat, like blood thrumming through the womb. That's why music appeals to people.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I say what's on my mind and have a good time. I try to give people a show. It's all about giving people a good time once you get out under those lights.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's not as much fun resting on your laurels.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always been about making music. I've never gotten caught up with the trappings. You can't get caught up in the limousines and the chicks. The most important thing is the music.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm touched by rock n' roll. I'm touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm touched by Jon Hendricks. I want some of my music to reflect that. And when I write, you're going to hear it.
- Kind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm this strange kind of fusion of jazz, pop, and R&B.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020