I was always a very good student.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.

I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy.

Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived. I'm still learning all the time.

We are unique, each human voice, not because we are completely self-generated, but because of who we choose to assemble the countless factors that made us.

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.