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"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument."
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"You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way."

"I looked in the audience. There were no strangers. Everybody was singing and cheering and hugging. That was a beautiful picture to look at."

"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 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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"We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you."

"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."

"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."

"He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music."

"Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived."
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