My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.
Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.
Emotions are the fuel to really move you along, that’s the only way you can create music. If you don’t feel any emotions, like it’s not going to happen.
The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.
I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing.
It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it.