I Voted, Always Vote. It's Very Important

All I Tell Artists Is, 'do What You Love. Never Let Anybody Talk You Into Changing What Your Musical Idea Is Just To Try To Get A Hit, Because You're Chasing Your Tail That Way. It's Not Going To Happen, And If You're Successful, You Have To Do It The Rest Of Your Life. Stay True To It And Do It For The Sake Of The Art.'

I Have Had A Life In Which I Have Had To Face Every Big Fear, And It Has Not Been Pleasant.

Well First Of All, I'm A Singer. I Sing Since I Talk. So The Great Ballad Singers, The People That Sang With So Much Feeling, Jazz, Blues, All Those Singers, They Were Songs That I Listened To, Records That My Mom Played For Me, And Then Later I Bought.

My Grandmother Would Shanghai Pilots At The Havana Airport So They'd Bring Me Cartons Of Mango Baby Food - The Only Kind I'd Eat. I Learned To Eat Peach Later. And In Every Carton, She'd Slip A Cuban Record.

There Is Nothing Better Than Humor To Keep A Marriage Going.