both cole porter and hoagie carmichael are from indiana. i grew up in indiana.diana's smiling now. hoagie chaelarmichael, pride of indiana. go, hoosier. had to mention that since you mentioned their name. you mentioned obviously you weren't born in this country, scotland is your home. and you've interpreted so many song in the american songbook that were put out -- i'm going to put this as charitiably as i can -- at a time when america of experiencing its dark side, its night side for people of color. a long way of asking how it is that a white girl growing up in scotland ends up being so connected to the struggle of people of color in this country, of people of color in south africa and around the globe. how does that happen to you? >> you know, even when i was a child -- i have to tell you, i come from the northeast of scotland. i was dancing to motown and stacks of music that came through our dance halls. this is the beauty of music, it travels, it journeys. all the teenagers at that point were dancinging to this music, and it was infectious. and the same way

and hershey and i were do -- herby and i were doing a verb of "every time you say good-bye" by cole porterthe '80s for the red, hot, and blue hiv/aids project. i loved the experience of stepping into there different genre. i kind of left it there. and i'm guessing a little long in the tooth now, to be frank. >> yeah. >> you know, we all are. face it -- >> beats the alternative. >> yeah. what, you mean the other way? >> exactly. you could be sick feet undart . >> there you go. i'm alive and kicking. there's time left. and i thought just for the love of it -- i've always made music for the lost of it. in some way or another i could see as an experiment what would happen if. and then i very quietly spent some time just by myself listening to the songs -- you know, sort of wikipedia'd as you do, wiki, 1930s classic american song. and saw the list of legendary composers and the songs. and they're songs i didn't grow up with, you see. they're not part of my culture. maybe people in scotland, where i come from, they listen to jazz, of course. but in my household, that really wasn't -- we weren't