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

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

I've always loved jazz.

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

My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed.

I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.

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