The Internet has been a blessing and a curse. The curse we know: A lot of people appropriating your intellectual property without paying for it. But I think it's important to realize the blessing of the Internet, which is that everybody has a voice and you can break through, even without a record company.

I love Gershwin. I love musicals.

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

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

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.

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

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