I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.

I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.

I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.

I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying.

My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed.

I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.

There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.

The mightiest miracle is strength positive mindset.

I don't have many sad days.

If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.

Sometimes losing a series regular, if you're going to replace them with another series regular, that will put added pressure on your budget.

I like to look at the glass half full.

Are you, monsieur, a man of your word?" "It really depends upon the word," Magnus said. "There are so many wonderful words.

I am a sort of collector of religions: and the curious thing is that I find I can believe in them all.

Chocolate is what I love. I have it every day.

If you don't want to be a teacher, you'd better get off this planet.

I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.