I don't do anything just 'cause nothing else is happening, or for money.

At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.

I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.

In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.

There's so many other things I want to do. I don't want to do them to be different or just for a challenge, but because my heart and soul tell me to.

There's so much that I can give as a human being - and I know that.