I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.

I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying.

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.

I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.