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Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically.

I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.

To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story.

But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.

When you're a writer, your song has to resonate with the person you're writing for in order for them to want to sing it. But if you're an artist, you can sing whatever you want.

Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did.

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

For me, the most effective cabaret evenings have been some of the most personal ones, where the performer is comfortable enough to simply be themselves.