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When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player.
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I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do. It's just lazy journalism, but people start to accept it. If people spent an hour in my car driving around London and listening to the stuff I listen to, they'd hear some interesting stuff.
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Two lovers kissing amongst the screams of midnight,Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude.
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Some people might say my life is in a rut, but I'm quite happy with what I've got.
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See as a vocalist you aspire to that level of greatness. I’ve been very lucky in my career to be around great artists but you aspire to that kind of vocal prowess. I would love to be in her presence. There are a lot of British artists that I absolutely love and adore to but I’ve been following Lalah since I was a little girl and she’s phenomenal.
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I want to see where and how far I can go as an artist. I look back and see what I've done, and I want to do as much as I can in my lifetime. I love doing it. If I didn't have that passion or love for it, I wouldn't do it.
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To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you forever.
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No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.
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They recalled all of our CDs. The week of Thanksgiving, all through November and December, there was no product in the stores.
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It's so hard to understand why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam.
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Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.
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If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start!
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I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.
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Those braying sheep on my TV screen -Make this boy shout! Make this boy scream!
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I'm always looking for something. Not in an unhappy way. I just like to try different things. I don't want to be morbid, but I'm not getting any younger.
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I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else.
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For me it’s a way of reaching more audience and at the end of the day; that’s what it’s all about. I just want to sing and be heard, that’s what I love. With the House project for instance, I am going out to South Africa next month. I have a pretty cool following over there and it’s been brilliant.
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There's a fine line between heartbreak and love. It's a compliment when someone tells me my music put them in a place when where they were almost in tears.
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I play out my role, I've even been out walking -They tell me that it helps, but I know when I'm beaten...
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Getting to No. 1 makes everyone feel better; of course it does. But it's swings and roundabouts with these things. Sometimes you make a great record, and it clicks with people. And other times it passes them by; there's nothing you can do. It's still the same record.
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This is my favorite combo of musicians. It's one of the finest jazz groups out there. I'm just proud to be in it.
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I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I don't necessarily want to go on doing the same old thing for the next 10, 20 years... I could see how easy it is to get into that rut, the whole touring mindset.
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The fingers feel the lines, they prod the space - your ageing face,The face that was once so beautiful, is still there but unrecognisable...
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I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam tours, we had a DJ called Ady Croasdell who ran a '60s club. He turned me on to underground stuff and what people call northern soul. It just blew my mind.