"You know I love Blake and he's a great friend, and he talked me into it. Truthfully, he talked me into it. And a big part of it was the people that they had coming," Michael says

To Michael Bublé, jazz is everything. In a compilation clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE from The Voice, the Canadian crooner opened up about his love for the music genre — and the impact it has on his life. "The greatest gift America has ever given to the arts, in my opinion, is jazz," Bublé, 49, says.

Michael Bublé sits down with NBC News Now to speak about his debut as a judge on NBC’s “The Voice” and describe what it was like working with fellow judge Snoop Dogg. The five-time Grammy winner also talked about releasing a greatest hit album and why he gets so excited around Christmas and Valentine’s Day.