I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have always sung a lot of jazz, show tunes, pop tunes, gospel and blues.

It's the most humbling sport ever. It's like a lousy lover. It's like some guy who's never there when you need him. Every once in a while, he comes and makes you feel like heaven on earth.. And then the moment you say, 'I really need this,' he's gone.

I'd like people to remember that I really tried everything within my range of reality. And that whatever I did, I did with all my heart.

Trouble is part of your life

Trouble is a part of life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't singing.

In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music.