I have been very fortunate to have been able to make a living from what I love to do best - performing and singing for people..

I always feel the audience is my best teacher..

There's always something every night that I learn from reacting to what the audience is reacting to. You learn what to leave out, what to put in, if ….

You can't teach it [jazz singing]. There's nobody who can teach you how to sing jazz. Either you know how to sing jazz, or you don't..

I knew very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life..

I don't look down to an audience. I look up to them. They respond to quality..

I'm still learning about music. The best way to learn is to listen to the audience. When you listen to the audience, they will tell you what they l….

I'm not the type of person who likes to look backwards. I've always felt compelled to move forward and I've never been one to dwell in the past. All ….

Sometimes the teacher would tell me that if you're singing a love song and you just don't feel it with a person or something you've experienced, just….

"Benedetto" means the "blessed one" and I feel that I have truly been blessed..

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do.

I can't ask for more out of life, and the more I learn, the less I know..

When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art..

Regardless of religion or race or ethnic background we are all human and we are all on this planet together. So what better reason do you need to not….

I've taken stuff from people, too. You know though, if you steal from one person, you're just a thief. But if you steal from everyone, that's researc….

It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to be told off. And….

If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life..

I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older..

If you are creative, you get busier as you get older..

I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an adult have great memories of the jazz clubs that wer….

Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your aud….