It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me.

You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody. You buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody.

When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

You may be a puzzle, but I like the way the parts fit.

Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can.

With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years.

Dare to wear the foolish clown face.