I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.

When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.

I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs.

I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.

I've been gone on the road for the past three years; maybe I've been home for two or three weeks in a year. I literally live - it's like one of those old movies where they show a train, and pages of a calendar are peeling away like leaves, and then there's a picture of me with gray hair.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

When I play it I look out and see people hold on to each other and dance or just couples leaning into each other and kiss. And I'll go: 'You know, I could have worked hard at school and been a dentist. But I'm so glad I didn't.' Because when I look out and see that I feel like the Pied Piper of love.