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

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

When you're doing bad things, you just don't know whether you can conquer them or not. I found out how strong I could be when I was motivated, and I'm kind of proud of that.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

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.

Too much, too little, too late, to ever try again. Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends.

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