"One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist."

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"One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist."

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"It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak."

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"I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment."

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"Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist."

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"You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it."

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"With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD."

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"Whoever best serves the song is going to be served by the song."

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"I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra."

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"I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience."

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