Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?

I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.

What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.

I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life. Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time. No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.

Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I'm fabulous.

I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.