There are a lot of artists who haven't lost anything to domesticity. In my case, it probably did happen.

Help them to learn songs of joy, instead of burn, baby, burn.

I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.

No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.

Love is a robber and he lives within your eyes.

My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that.

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.