You ask me what I'd like to do that I haven't done and I say 'Nothin'!' I haven't any mountains to climb or oceans to swim. I've been an extremely blessed individual. ... I'm not clamorin' for more trinkets. If I were to die tomorrow, I could say I've had a good life.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.

Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.

What I've got to live up to, is being myself. If I do that, the rest will take care of itself.

I'm not a jazz singer, blues singer or country singer. I'm a singer that can sing rhythm & blues, that can sing jazz, that can sing country. There's a big difference. In other words, I'm not a specialist.

Even though I'm not Jewish...Israel is one of the few causes I feel good about supporting.