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This is what really makes real jazz musicians: people coming out with their own voice.

That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think.

I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not.

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician.

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of jazz.

I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.