Portrait of the artist: Diana Krall, jazz musician

'I often take my children on tour. I order them room service, wash their clothes in the sink - then do my show'What got you started?My family. My dad's mum and dad were coal-miners; they had a piano, and loved music like Fats Waller. Then on my mother's side, there were 10 kids, all Lutherans – so I had the whole Lutheran hymn influence on top of that.What was your big breakthrough?Getting a record deal when I was 26 – although I was still playing seven hours a night in piano bars...

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