My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind.

I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage.

I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.

My name sounds French but that's just a stage name.

I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.