I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.

On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.

I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.

If you're happy, you eat. If you're sad, you eat. You lose a job, you eat. You get a job, you eat. It's, you know, it's addiction.

I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.

I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.

Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.