"I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there."

Idea, Song, Sound, Want

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"I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there."

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"I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that."

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"You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready."

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"The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice."

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