I Think One Of The Reasons I'm

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.

It's The Kind Of Turn That Happened To The Great Country Of Germany, When Nazis Came Over And Created Tragic Things, And They Had To Be Told Off. And If We Continue This Kind Of Violence And Accept It In Our Country, The Rest Of The World's Going To Really Take Care Of Us, In A Very Bad Way.

I Think If You Have A Passion For What You Do Then There Are No Limitations On How Long Or How Much You Can Accomplish.

I Attended The High School Of Industrial Arts And Studied With Many Great Artists As Painting Is Something That You Never Stop Learning About. Actually, In High School There Was A Time That I Was Thinking About Just Concentrating On Painting And I Asked My Music Teacher, Mr. Sondberg, For Advice And He Encouraged Me To Stick With The Music As Well. So All My Life I Have Been Singing And Painting.

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!"