"I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz."

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"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point."

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"This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influences during my live show."

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"And for me, it's been, not only where I learned, but the people that I met there. Most of the people that I work with are guys that, one way or another, have been associated with the university."

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"A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set."

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"There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that."

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"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."

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"And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background."

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"I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages."

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"I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more."

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"Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together."

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