Very often, I don't make it through moments of recording because it is genuinely funny and absolutely ridiculous that a 60-year-old grown man is making these noises.

What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.

There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh.

Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra.

It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character.

My father, who died a few years ago, was a good, simple, very honest man. His faith and affection for his family was just unassailable, without question.

I'd forgotten I'd done the anime called Spirited Away, the English version of a Japanese film.