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When Grandpa Was Ill And Could've Died, I Would Have Swapped All My Record Sales So He Could Get Well. He Is The Reason I Am A Singer. He Was My Best Friend Growing Up.

There Was No Way I Was Ever Going To Get A Fair Shake. How Good Could I Be? I Was Canadian. I Wasn't From New York. I Wasn't From Vegas. I Was Born In 1975, Not 1917. My Last Name Wasn't Sinatra Or Darin Or Martin. Early On And Often, There Was Always The Comparison. "he's Good, But He's No '[fill In The] Blank.'

A Lot Of Subjects Blend Into The Same Thing: Intolerance. When You're A Little Kid, You Don't Know That It's Going To Get Better. Your Life Experience Hasn't Told You That. I Want To Protect Those People. I Want To Send Out A Message And At Least Try To Get That Across.

I Like My Job But It's Not Who I Am.

I Write A Lot And I Will Have Some Originals On The Record. I Think It Is A Mistake For An Artist Like Me To Think I Am A Better Writer Than Cole Porter. I Think It Is Important To Realize What My Strengths Are. I Do Like To Write And I'm Not Shabby But I Don't Think I'm The Most Brilliant Writer. I Think It Would Be A Shame And Sort So Egotistical To Say I Don't Need These Wonderful Writers. These Men Created Works Of Art And Wrote Hundreds Of Beautiful Songs. It Would Be A Mistake For Me To Say At This Point In My Career That I Am So Good.