I always wanted to sing a jazz record.
Everything has changed since I started recording in 1972. But the very things that have opened this industry, like the digital platforms to reach more people, have also killed things that were happening before in the recording studio. Now, most of the time, there are no real musicians in the studio; it's people with sequencers and things.
I've always been active in working out and taking care of myself. I've been running two miles a day since I was 18.
I'll sing forever.
When young people hear auto-tune, they think that's real R&B. You have to get rid of all of the gimmicks.
If you don't make those vocal chords work, they'll go dormant on you.
If you really love your partner, then the relationship is worth fighting for in the end.
To play the trumpet, you have to use that diaphragm, and it's the same if you want to sing correctly. You really need to push it out from there. And I think that's what has kept me going as a singer.
My father was incredible on trumpet and played with the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
