Jane Monheit Quotes & Sayings

I tell you, when we travel with our own band and we're on the road ... Well, I can't even believe this is work. — Jane Monheit

I've always chosen all my own material; no one ever told me what to sing or how to sing it, but I've always been pressured intensely to use musicians outside of my band. — Jane Monheit

Jane Monheit is skyrocketing up the jazz charts. By next year, we won't be able to get her. — Jane Monheit

Like a ghost that dances on the tip of a lit cigarette,
I know what romance is, but it hasn't happened yet.
Watch it floating up to heaven only knows,
Disappearing before you get too close-
It's only smoke. You might say a flame was burning, only smoke--
but my heart is more discerning,
I keep dreaming of a fire
But when I wake up to the cold--
It's only smoke.

Eyes are hypnotizing when they hold you within their embrace.
Words are mezmerizing even when they've got nothing to say.
The game is charming in an empty kind of way.
What's the harm in asking me to play?
It's only smoke. You might say a flame was burning, only smoke--
but my heart is more discerning,
I keep dreaming of a fire
But when I wake up to the cold--
It's only smoke. — Jane Monheit

It's not so bad to live out of a suitcase. It's a really beautiful life. — Jane Monheit

It's [Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You"] been one of my favorite songs for my entire life. — Jane Monheit

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer! — Jane Monheit