I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio.

The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.

I think, in some ways, Michael Jackson is out of touch with reality, and I don't think he has people around him who can say, Michael, can't do this. Michael, you can't do that. Michael, you can't say this. You know, I think he has been so big for so long that he can do whatever he wants to do.

Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.

The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.

My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.