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

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

I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.

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.

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.

When we don’t see the value of a thing, we don’t put the protective edge.

It’s a father’s place to hate the son-in-law. It’s our place to put them through h*ll just to make sure they know what they’re doing.

Editing is work, and it's hard to do while working on one's own writing.

I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton lighter and therefore 2,000 pounds happier. All houses are gone.

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

If you care at all,you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results.

No matter whether the Constitution follows the flag or not, the Supreme Court follows the election returns.

Not that we were incompatible: we just had nothing to talk about.

The unknown energy that can help humanity is that which lies hidden in the child.

I am an avid drinker with a serious bowling problem.