American - Musician | July 17, 1925 - June 12, 2014
There's times, in certain songs, that I might be in my own world, and who cares about who's out there, you know? You have a job to do, so you do that job of singing that song or telling that story because that's what you're doing.
Jimmy Scott
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There were times, I could say, later in the career, that I wished that my voice would be deeper for materials that I might've wanted to select to do. But that's the style of my voice. There's nothing I can do about the height of my voice. And so I learned to deal with it.
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I project stronger. If you notice the old records - they're much lighter - vocally much lighter in sound than the records that I'm doing today.
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I've had statements made - 'Who in the heck wants to hear a 60-year-old singer?' That statement was made - it's disheartening, you know, because you say, 'Well, hey, why should a guy feel like that about it?'
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I've learned that music is such a healer.
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As long as I could sing my songs, I wasn't as angry about what had happened, about being shoved back for this or shoved back for the other.
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I'm a singer, and I never lost sight of that.
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If you're singing, you're telling a story. So to tell it and tell it right, that's it.
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As a singer, I've been criticized for sounding feminine. They say I don't belong in any category, male or female, pop or jazz. But early on, I saw my suffering as my salvation.
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All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop.
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Jeanie McCarthy is the love of my life. She's the only woman who really understands me, my music, and my heart. It took me a long time to find my soul mate, but thank God I found her before I moved to the other side of time.
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I love show business. It's my life, honey, and I try to enjoy it.
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