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I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

I was this little blond girl with a guitar case bigger than me - it was pink and sparkly at the time. But I always took myself seriously, and I think that people took that seriously. I would tell them about my goal list, and they listened. I was like, 'I want to be the one that swings the pendulum.'

I'm asked so many times why I think there aren't more female instrumentalists in jazz. But I never think about it. And I don't think it's been any harder for me to be taken seriously. The music speaks for itself.

I didn't take music seriously in the beginning. It just kind of a hobby to me. It was something that I love doing for fun.

I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.

I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.