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I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#become #billie #billie holiday #extraordinary #holiday

I love playing to people and seeing them react. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#i love #love #people #playing #react

Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#always #been #chances #does #everything

My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#father #full #i #jackson #kinds

Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#enjoyed #experience #i #just #much

Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#find #generally #grateful #i #lot

I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#duck #howard #i #like #like a duck

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#along #am #dark #dark side #everything

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many. ↗

— Phaedrus

#appearance #deceives #first #first appearance #many

A learned man has always riches in himself. ↗

— Phaedrus

#himself #learned #learned man #man #riches