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Johnny Mathis

"Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do."

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"Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do."

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"It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it."
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"I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do."
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"But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity."
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"My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice."
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"It's just that some people are lucky and people still seem to enjoy the music."
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"When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. I've said it over and over again. I think it is boring."
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"In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if you're not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear."
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"When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice."
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"When I do an album I try to find a producer that's excited about something that they want me to sing, and I check with the record company to find out what they think they can sell - which is their No. 1 priority."
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"I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work."
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