Quotes about "Longevity & Healthy Aging"

My grandmother always came to my shows. She was always concerned about the way I dressed - even later on, when I was well known and I supported her. ”

My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother. ”

I've always felt that I'm in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way. ”

I was well-dressed and good at firing people because I really did care. I cared about giving them the opportunity to talk through the situation and was always sincere. I would explain that 'This was a bad match,' and they were probably meant to do other things if they weren't giving their all to this, which paid $10 a hour. ”

My daughter plays keyboard very well, and my son plays guitar, and they're totally into music. ”

There are comics in L.A. doing impressions, and the first thing they do is hunch over and then start to do this bad Rick Moranis voice I do as well when I really get going. It's pretty horrible. ”

My secret for success? I don't know what the hell success means. ”

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded. ”

When you do a lyric for 'April in Paris,' those who have heard it before can hear it in a different way now. It can add perspective to a great piece of music that does not have a lyric and may be inaccessible to lot of ears because people don't deal with complex music very well. ”

I'm an R&B and pop singer as well as a jazzer. ”