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

It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.

I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing.

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.

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.

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