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I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new Frank Sinatra... I think people will soon realize that I do a lot more than interpret old songs.

— Harry Connick, Jr.

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✓Similar Perspectives

Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs and bring about my interpretation of them.

— Harry Connick, Jr.

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

— Sade Adu

I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people's hands. But I'm kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice.

— Chance The Rapper

Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much broader. And I don't want to stop learning.

— Paul Weller

I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them.

— Justin Hayward

Some people lose sense of what their music was when their life starts to get better.

— Vince Staples

I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine.

— Robert Smith

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs.

— Harry Connick, Jr.

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think people have been really receptive to understanding that I've grown up and the music's going to sound a little different.

— Joe Jonas

I learned a lot about what I do with my craft, how I present my music. A lot of things about him were very much an influence on me and everybody else. Once you get in that fold and you're around it, you get to experience something that I don't think we'll ever see again. There will never be anybody like Frank Sinatra. Ever.

— Paul Anka