I Can't Ask For More

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.

The Biggest Message I've Given Our Team, And I Think It's Really Important, Is First Of All, No One Can Take Away What Happened Last Year. It's Obviously A Fun Year, A Terrific Year. But I Think A Big Mistake Would Be To Try To Compare Themselves Or Ourselves To Last Year's Team. I Think The Key Really Is, And I Told Them This: For You As A Group, You're A Different Team.

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!"

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.

My Goal As A Creative Person Is To Express Truth And Beauty In Whatever I Do