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"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."
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"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."
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"For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillows."
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"My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants."
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"I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you.'"
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"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents."
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"I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio."
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"I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same."
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"When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents."
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"Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways."
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"I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents."
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"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."
Parents
"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
"My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up."
Father
"I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories."
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
"But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing."
Attention
"If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment, or the fact the tomorrow morning they're going to get up and tell their boss off... then I'll be successful."
Boss
"Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time."
Home
"I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar."
Music
"I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful."
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