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I'm not a jazz singer.

I want to be the jazz singer.

I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do.

Jazz is a hard music, and you have to really work hard and also have fun performing; that's the most important thing.

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

Jazz can be a blank canvas full of possibilities.

I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.

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

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