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"Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thing, and I was the keyboard player. I was interested in how the instruments worked and the theory behind playing with them."
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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."
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"Jazz was uplifted by what I did."
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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."
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"I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan."
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"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that."
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"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."
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"I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. I never spend more than 30 or 40 minutes singing the vocal or it will sound mechanical. There are always mistakes, but it's about feeling more than being perfect."
Being
"You can't listen to what people who aren't musical have to say. When Anytime was released, I had bad reviews, and at first I was hurt. Your songs are like your children. You don't want to hear, 'Your kid is ugly.' But I knew the record was good and it would sell."
People
"Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything."
Forget
"Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thing, and I was the keyboard player. I was interested in how the instruments worked and the theory behind playing with them."
Jazz
"I watch my contemporaries, and they love to live in the studio and I don't. I have a life. I treat it as a 9-to-5. I try to create something new every day, and then I get on with my life."
Life
"The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed."
Chance
"He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done."
Day
"When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before."
Chance
"Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter,' never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go."
Job
"I don't care how small the game. I want to win."
Care
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