My guitar and singing was my way of crying.

Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.

I'd love to have a program like 'Dr. Laura.' I studied psychology at the University of Miami, and when I rode the bus home from school, perfect strangers would strike up conversations with me and end up telling me their life stories. I think they could sense that I was studying to help people. That, or I have a face like a priest.

If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.