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!

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.

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

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

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

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