We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.
The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession.
People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment.
People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them.
It was step by step that I earned my way into the lives and hearts of people by giving them recordings that I grew to love and as I found my listening audience also grew to love.