I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.
“I want to be singing to everybody, and I want everybody to think that I'm singing to them. Guys, girls and everyone in between.”
“It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience.”