I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning at around age three I started singing with his band and jazz music has continued to be one of my three passions along with acting and writing. I like to say jazz music is my musical equivalent of comfort food. It's always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded.

Jazz is my comfort music, like comfort food.

I think once you sort of cross over and you realize what books can be - and if they mean something to you - there's just no stopping you.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

I think that it is real important for someone to be really honest and open emotionally. I'm really an emotional person. If I'm that way and the guy isn't that way I just really feel like a jerk.

I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.

I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.