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

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

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

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.

Just give a drum roll, announce my name & I come out & sing. I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.

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.

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.