Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.

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

Luckily for his audiences, Bennett doesn't tire of singing I Left My Heart. ... that song made me a world citizen. And when I do it, it always feels like the first time.

There's always something every night that I learn from reacting to what the audience is reacting to. You learn what to leave out, what to put in, if you need a little more comedy or more drama.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

I left my heart in San Francisco, high on a hill, it calls to me. To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars, the morning fog may chill the air, I don't care. My love waits there in San Francisco, above the blue and windy sea, when I come home to you, San Francisco , your golden sun will shine for me.

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