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"There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument."
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"If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it."
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"We can even sing off key, but if it's produced properly it can be a hit."
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"Suprisingly, one of the most complex pieces of code is the code to determine where a note is in the staff. Finale stores notes as relative scale positions in the current key."
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"But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing."
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"I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes."
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"The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality."
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"As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking."
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"To remain relevant though, I think making great records is the key."
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"I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out."
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"My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed."
Music
"I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me."
People
"I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the road and the music and different players. It makes me a richer human being. I have a greater source of information to tap into, a wealth of life."
Life
"Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record."
People
"If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool."
Anxiety
"When I sang that song, I felt it was almost as if some force had moved into my body. Things like that have only happened to me singing jazz. It doesn't happen when singing pop. I get so deeply into the music, it feels like I've become someone else."
Music
"It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense."
Jazz
"Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late."
Time
"The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration."
Woman
"I choose things by how they resonate in my heart."
Heart
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