As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible.

I think now I'm being taken a little more seriously. That's pure conjecture on my part.

I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.

When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.

I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid.

As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible.

With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart.