I was very adamant about not being called a jazz singer, but now I've embraced it. The way I approach music is through jazz, so I'm a jazz singer.

I like musicians who look at the public. You have to bring the music to the largest number. Otherwise, we'll [the Jazz players] stay in the clubs. Jazz must be accessible to everyone.

There wouldn't be a Halle Berry or an Angela Bassett or a Cicely Tyson if there hadn't been a Lena Horne.

If you're not gonna go all the way, why go at all?

She longs for fresh air and common sense, and is not willing to be a dolt for the sake of being called a deity.

The big “WHEN” about change is not just a particular moment, but a thought-out planning with clear defined timelines.

I cant wait until Im able to afford really posh bags.

We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams... Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world for ever, it seems.

The more sure you are, the more wrong you can be.

Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.

In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like, "Okay, well I want to be a songwriter," 'cause it was like close to Nashville.

Did I throw the most important thing perhaps, by accident, away?

Many a politician wishes there was a law to burn old records.