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

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.

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

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

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 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 you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!