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 recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.
I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.
I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.
Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.
Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.
I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.
There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.
If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.
