I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.

When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.

My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had learned but I was too busy getting into trouble!

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

See, I don't like places where people can't dance - don't like clubs or theatres where a bunch of bourgeois people sit around tip, tip, tipping their fingers.

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.

I sing the songs that people need to hear.