"My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up."

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"My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up."

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"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."

Parents

"I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then the phone started to ring, and gradually, over time, I started conducting more and more. Now a third of my performances are with orchestras."

Time

"It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible."

Love

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Poetry

"Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that."

Music

"I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible."

Mind

"But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing."

Attention

"Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band programs in the country at the time."

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"Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing."

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