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"I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena."
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"I was exposed to jazz early on."
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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."
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"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."
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"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."
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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
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"And I used to listen to a lot of jazz."
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"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point."
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"All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues."
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"One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?"
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"I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record."
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"As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano."
Love
"There's a whole lot of songs that men just can't do. The words are from another time and represent too much of an emotional commitment, whereas women can say that because of who they are."
Men
"As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It's not a style that's difficult to pick up. It's purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with."
Guitar
"I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music."
Music
"I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice."
Guitar
"I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena."
Jazz
"My parents were music lovers and collectors. It was around."
Music
"I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility."
Love
"I would say that I'm finding my voice in more ways than one."
Voice
"I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life."
Life
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