It's funny how you realize what's important, and it's not fame and money, even though it can be really nice. It's happiness and whatever it takes to make you feel happy.

I really love things with melody.

A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.

It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things.

I don't go about playing music differently. It changes my sleeping schedule and my drinking habits, that's what I like to say.