I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.

I did some songs for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. I had done a jazz album of Roxy songs, and they used bits of it in the film. It would be nice to score a movie one day.

While it's a great indulgence, it's also very interesting to have three bass players on the same track.

And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her.

Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.

As you get older, you get a bit more serious.