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 choose things by how they resonate in my heart.

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

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

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

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.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.