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

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'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.

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

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 was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.

If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.