Johnny Mathis

I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.

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I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete.

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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 got an invitation to go to the Olympic trials. And in the same week, I got a telegram from a... big executive at Columbia Records.

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I would say three-quarters of what I do depends on the sincerity of it. You can croak, but if you croak good, they'll still listen.

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I've had several unavoidable problems because of my athletic career.

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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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