I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.

I'm really pretty much a regular person who just got very lucky. I got involved early on in my life with a lot of wonderful people who helped me and guided me. I found out what I really liked to do and that was sing. And I had a lot of help to accomplish most of my goals.

I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do.

I love the house that I've been living in for over 40 years. I really am a homebody and I still love to play golf.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.