To work is to feel alive.

If you are creative, you get busier as you get older.

I have been very fortunate to have been able to make a living from what I love to do best - performing and singing for people.

I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.

Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.

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

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