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

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

Everybody's not as fortunate as I've been that can have their hubby with them on the road, that we can do whatever we want and mainly be honest with the kids. Just the time that you do give them, make it be great time. It doesn't have to be hours.

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.

You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce this thing. It's like your baby.

All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'

Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time.