He would buy his own ticket to our performances, and people would tell me they had seen him there. Very early on, I was working in clubs and coming home at 3 and 4 in the morning, and he’d say, 'What kind of work is this?' But he supported me secretly. But I didn’t want to sing like that my whole life.” “My dad didn’t like me being in this business. We wanted to make the kind of mark that, if the radio was playing one of our songs, you knew who it was immediately. I just developed my falsetto to make it fuller than anyone else’s, and doing it on top, making it the lead, was what was different.” “With 'Sherry,' we were looking for a sound. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.” “Falsetto was nothing new rhythm and blues music was doing it for years. I still feel very strongly that way, although it's a very, very difficult thing to do nowadays.” “I don't play golf or tennis, I don't ski, I don't snowboard. You gave your word to somebody, and that was good enough. I bought people's records, listened to them, tried to do what the singer did by imitating them, as close as I could possibly get.” “I grew up in the projects, and we didn't know about giving lawyers contracts.

I didn't go to any professional school to learn how to sing. Or 'Sherry,' I should be able to do that. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter song, I should be able to do that. If it all went away tomorrow, I can go live a normal life.” “I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. “I've been up and down many times and worked my way through everything.

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