It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me.
Fear is the enemy of logic. There is no more debilitating, crushing, self-defeating, sickening thing in the world--to an individual or to a nation.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
I am a thing of beauty.
You may be a puzzle, but I like the way the parts fit.
People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.