If You Are Creative, You

If You Are Creative, You Get Busier As You Get Older.

Intimate Singing Had A Wonderful Style In The '30s And '40s. It Came Out Of Broadway And The Jazz Of Louis Armstrong And Billie Holliday. But Sinatra Created The Best Romantic Era That We've Ever Had.

What I Really Search For Is Something That I Really Love Hearing, Something That's My Own Private Game: If I Find A Song I Really Like, I Try To Do A Definitive Version.

I Have Always Loved Jazz Music And As A Teen Growing Up In New York City And Then Later On As An Adult Have Great Memories Of The Jazz Clubs That Were All Located On 52nd Street. I Still Catch As Many Jazz Shows As I Can When I Am In New York. And When I Perform, I Have My Jazz Quartet By My Side. Jazz Musicians Keep Things Spontaneous And Very "live," Which Is The Way I Like To Perform.

I Know The History Of The Record Business So Well Because I Followed Billie Holiday Into The Record Studios. It Was So Primitive Compared To The Sophisticated Business Today.