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I have to remember that no ma...

I have to remember that no matter how often I perform, there are certain songs that the audience truly wants to hear, and even though I've sung it 100,000 times, it may be their first time hearing them.

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I had stage fright for years ...

I had stage fright for years and years, and I could hear it in my singing. But since I've done it so often for so many years, you'd think that I'd relax a little bit, and I think that I have.

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I've recorded in Portuguese, ...

I've recorded in Portuguese, too. I didn't set out to just sing ballads or romantic songs.

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I drank too much, only champa...

I drank too much, only champagne.

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That's a big important deal, ...

That's a big important deal, the way people see you from the stage. Once in a while, I'd ask people, 'How did you enjoy the show?' 'Hey, you looked great.' But how did I sound? That visual look is very important to people.

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All of a sudden, I was in cha...

All of a sudden, I was in charge of my own decisions in the studio, and I didn't have someone to guide me on what I was doing, right or wrong... I wasn't a producer, and I didn't realize until then how important producers were and how much they assisted me in my work. I tried to do what I could, but I had no idea what would be good for the market.

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Years ago, I went to Brazil a...

Years ago, I went to Brazil and fell in love with it. I really like the music, samba, bossa nova, the language and the people.

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I was very fortunate to have ...

I was very fortunate to have a wonderful woman as my voice coach when I started singing professionally. I was only 19, so now it's been 60 years!

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Christmas is never going to g...

Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think.

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Every time I try to tell peop...

Every time I try to tell people things about my career, I wonder if that's the truth or something I'm fantasizing about.

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I have one room off my kitche...

I have one room off my kitchen filled with nothing but cookbooks and recipes that are sent to me from around the world. Every two years, I have to go through them and pick out ones to send to the local schools. There's a need for books, especially cookbooks.

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I have no way of knowing why ...

I have no way of knowing why my career has lasted so long other than the fact that people like the sound of my voice. Fortunately, I've been able to maintain it.

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I used to stay up all night, ...

I used to stay up all night, roam around, drink, and carry on like everybody else. That all changed when I got older, started to exercise and play golf. I knew by the time the day was over I would not feel like exercising, so I made it a point to exercise early.

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Along the way, everyone's bee...

Along the way, everyone's been saying, 'Make sure you take care of your voice because you're going to want to do it the rest of your life.' And it's absolutely true.

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Tony Bennett and me are all t...

Tony Bennett and me are all the same... and he's still singing. I don't know what else to do.

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Over the years, I was lucky; ...

Over the years, I was lucky; right from the beginning, I studied with a lady who had a lot of... she was a classical singer, and of course, they're a little bit more into, you know, preserving the voice, making sure your instrument is ready to perform.

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When I got a chance, I went b...

When I got a chance, I went back and shared those experiences that were important to me. George Washington High, the campus at San Francisco State, and even back to Emerson Elementary school and Roosevelt Junior High. I was happy to do it, to go back and see if all the same teachers were there.

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For me, hearing my voice is s...

For me, hearing my voice is sometimes a little nauseating, especially at Christmas.

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When I was 13, I used to go t...

When I was 13, I used to go to a jazz club. The owner of the club became my first business manager. She was very gutsy and had a lot of friends, one of whom happened to be the head of jazz at Columbia at the time. That's how it all began.

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In other words, the celebrity...

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if you're not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

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