You can't teach it [jazz singing]. There's nobody who can teach you how to sing jazz. Either you know how to sing jazz, or you don't.

When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.

I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs.

I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.

I always feel the audience is my best teacher.

That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life.

I'm still learning about music. The best way to learn is to listen to the audience. When you listen to the audience, they will tell you what they like. I wish these big corporations, instead of telling the audience what they should have, would listen.