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"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."
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"I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound."
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"You're gonna have to learn to get out there in front of those cameras and hold your head up. Take charge when you're singing."
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"You put a song on the record or on tape and you stop singing it. You just don't sit around and sing it anymore unless you're performing. That's kind of sad."
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"Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing."
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"When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion."
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"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument."
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"I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us."
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"Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously."
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"I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway."
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"I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15."
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"I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand."
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"Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy."
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"I also like Western classical music and jazz."
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"I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer."
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"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."
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"I have a daughter, she's twenty years old."
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"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."
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"When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it."
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"On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time."
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"Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart."
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