When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, serve the song

A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine.

It's an important thing to remember where you came from.

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight

For years I've kept a list of dream projects.

We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit