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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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