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"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing."
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"When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected."
"I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds."
"By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band."
"As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member."
"We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals."
"Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band."
"I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out."
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"I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't."
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"I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke."
"I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to."
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