The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.

I plan to do my next two albums with Lady Gaga . She is quite a talent.

I can't ask for more out of life, and the more I learn, the less I know.

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.

The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.

I'm not the type of person who likes to look backwards. I've always felt compelled to move forward and I've never been one to dwell in the past. All the people I've met, all the places I've been, and all the things that I've done have simply been part of who I am.

I try to tell the story about the song with the believability that I've lived it myself and I understand what it's all about.