I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned.

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

I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do.

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'm always going to do that - record and make music.

I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens.