"I am a perfectionist and one thing about me is that I practise until my feet bleed and I did not have time to rehearse with the orchestra, " the Grammy-winning artist said on Thursday.

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"I learned that I am very much a perfectionist ... and I didn't just want to put something out there, " he says.

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