Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

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.

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.

When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

All war is philosophical. That's why we call it war. Strip it of its paint and it's nothing more than murder.

I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.

If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

I've done every diet there is.

The only dynasty I like is the Duck Dynasty.

In quietness the soul expands.

It is important to have people believe in you. With this support, what you can achieve is limitless.

We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to man, to God, or to angels.