"Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music."

"It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it."

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

"I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years."

"Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles."

"Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done."

"Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will."

"Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will."