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"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument."
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"When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it."

"I don't think we should speak so much. What if we were singing a song? We split, whilst singing."

"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."

"I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing."

"I prefer to sing in the shower 'cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you're singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you."

"I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't."

"I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up."
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"Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived."

"When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's the time to try to let other people know about it."

"Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes."

"The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips."

"I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself."

"This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music."

"I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd stop your car and go into the nearest record store."
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