I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.

I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the road and the music and different players. It makes me a richer human being. I have a greater source of information to tap into, a wealth of life.

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

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

There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.

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

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.