I've Been So Fortunate Because

I Left My Heart In San Francisco, High On A Hill, It Calls To Me. To Be Where Little Cable Cars Climb Halfway To The Stars, The Morning Fog May Chill The Air, I Don't Care. My Love Waits There In San Francisco, Above The Blue And Windy Sea, When I Come Home To You, San Francisco , Your Golden Sun Will Shine For Me.

I Am Very Much Inspired By The Great Masters Of Entertainment: Bob Hope, George Burns, Jimmy Durante - Who Never Thought About Retiring. When People Ask Me If I Plan To Retire, I Say, "retire To What? I Am Doing What I Love Best Right Now!"

I'd Like To Have Every Gentleman And Lady In This Room Commit Themselves To Get Our Government To Legalize Drugs. So They Have To Get It Through A Doctor, Not Just Some Gangsters Who Sell It Under The Table. Let's Legalize Drugs Like They Did In Amsterdam. No One's Hiding Or Sneaking Around Corners To Get It. They Go To A Doctor To Get It.

I Have To Say I Owe My Career To The Master Composers Of The Great American Songbook Who Have Written Such High-quality Songs - The Best Popular Music Ever Composed.

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.