When I was a little girl all I wanted to do was perform - in front of a crowd or alone in my room I didn’t care, I just wanted to be a famous singer. I guess like most other little girls in world.

 My parents would entertain a lot. When we sat for dinner, the grown ups usually had so much to talk about so when they forget about me, my mind wandered. ..I would slip into a dream-like-state crafting fairy-tales in my head. Then, when I was excused from the table, I would go downstairs into my dress up closet to choose an outfit to wear for my song & story time during coffee & cake.

I acted out different stories; one of my favorites to perform was the one about a guitar and a cigar-smoking cat. We only had two “modern” records that were given to Mom: Connie Francis and Elvis Presley. I used to listen to Connie the most, memorize the songs, and dream I was her! If I wasn’t singing about a very cool cat, I’d be putting on one of my mother’s glamorous gowns to sing along in unison with Connie on the record player. My Mom use to tell me I was showing off but I knew she liked it, and I must have been damn cute (since the stories are still retold with fond memories, even after all these years).

I love the songs I sing… I absorb the lyrics deep inside of me and try to express the story in the song. I have been lucky to have many opportunities to play with excellent and exciting musicians. That’s when I love being on the stage!

Musically, I want to keep moving forward, at different paces to different rhythms. My job gives me a ticket to travel to many countries, cities, towns, villages, performing for all sorts of people and in all sorts of environments… in a nutshell, it’s exhilarating!

I love being caught up in the luster of life as much as sharing private devotion with myself. I actually need both for my emotional digestion.

Traveling around the world is lonely at times……I think I like being lonely.

There are so many people that I would have never met if had I not traveled. These experiences leave footprints in hearts and minds and that’s where I’m blessed the most.