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 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.

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 think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.

You know, I'm pretty much an open book.

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