She's an amazing dog and really inspired everything that's in this book.

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

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

I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!

I've been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn't do, like perfumes, lines of clothing and this, that and the other.

I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

My son traveled the world with me on every tour. He wasn't a lover of school, so it was easy with him. I had a tutor on the road, keep him at the same level, so when he'd pop back home he'd go right back in.