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

I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff.

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

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

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.

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