The reason I’m not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.

It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.

There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere.

Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with so much feeling, jazz, blues, all those singers, they were songs that I listened to, records that my mom played for me, and then later I bought.

My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.