My guitar and singing was my way of crying.

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

You don't have to give up who you are to be successful just because you're different.

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

There is nothing better than humor to keep a marriage going.

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.