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Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Experience
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Nov 07, 2020

Writing from a personal experience can bring about this emotion and power of emotion that can be instantly connected to the instrument, my voice.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

How can you sing a line like, 'I've fallen out of love' when you're 18? You need to experience something of life before you can sing it.

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

You know Bakersfield was full of workers from the south, from Texas and Arkansas, and they brought their gospel and blues with them. And that's the sound I grew with.

Day
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Nov 07, 2020

I was in rehab for nine months, and I needed some solace and distraction. I was in town one day and I sort of stumbled into a jazz jam session, and kept going back.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

One critic called me nothing but a blues singer, as though that was a slight. That is the highest compliment there is.

Grace
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Nov 07, 2020

Waving to the Queen after singing Amazing Grace at Buckingham Palace, that was pretty cool.

Nov 07, 2020

On stage, it's very naked. There's a reason you shake your knees. You're very vulnerable, cos it's just you, your body is the instrument. But I always had confidence in my voice, if I had the right song, the right words to sing.

Hot
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Nov 07, 2020

Being a singer, it's feast or famine. You have to hit it when it's hot.

Freedom
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Nov 07, 2020

What makes jazz different is that you can't predict it, it's all about freedom. Just when you think you know what you're going to hear there'll be a left turn, a jazz musician will change it up.

Nov 07, 2020

Even if you've being playing together for years, there'll always be something new. You're constantly back phrasing, front phrasing, singing faster, singing slower.

Living
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Nov 07, 2020

Whether you like punk, grunge, or early rock and roll, there's probably something in there you've been living with your whole life and you didn't even know it was jazz.

Guitar
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Nov 07, 2020

The umbrella of jazz is so big and so wide . If you don't like saxophone, try a vocalist, if you don't like vocalists, try guitar.

Childhood
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Nov 07, 2020

My overwhelming memory of my childhood is the constant busyness in the house. I am seventh out of eight kids - five boys and three girls - plus my mom, Ruth.

Duty
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Nov 07, 2020

My sisters started to cook at nine and, being one of the youngest, I wanted in on it, too, so I began at six on potato-peeling duty as french fries were my thing.

Gang
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Nov 07, 2020

I was quite shy as a child. My sisters were the gang leaders, my brothers were the enforcers and I was a tag-a-long.

Future
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Nov 07, 2020

My mother gave me the courage to pursue music as a career on her deathbed. She became very ill when I was 21. I didn't want her to worry about my future. I wanted her to know I'd finish my degree. But she pushed me to follow my dream, even if it wasn't the safe option.

Lose
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Nov 07, 2020

I lose my bags all the time. Sometimes for two months. One of the worst times was when I had come from France and I had packed cheese, because I was really crazy about camembert, so I have this really nice suit that stinks of camembert, no matter how many times I dry clean it.

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