Nobody Told Me I Was A Child

While Knowledge May Provide Useful Point Of Reference, It Cannot Become A Force To Guide The Future.

I Don't Mind Being Classified As A Jazz Artist, But I Do Mind Being Restricted To Being A Jazz Artist. My Foundation Has Been In Jazz, Though I Didn't Really Start Out That Way. I Started In Classical Music, But My Formative Years Were In Jazz, And It Makes A Great Foundation.

It Pulled Me Like A Magnet, Jazz Did, Because It Was A Way That I Could Express Myself.

The Most Valuable Things In Life Are Priceless. They Are Courage, Compassion, Wisdom, Respect For Ourselves And Others, And A Host Of Characteristics That We Call The Beauty Of The Human Spirit.

Globalization Means We Have To Re-examine Some Of Our Ideas, And Look At Ideas From Other Countries, From Other Cultures, And Open Ourselves To Them. And That's Not Comfortable For The Average Person.