I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's piano playing improved to a certain level. One time my sister and I worked together. The first song we ever sang in High School was Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett.

To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.

I play piano, but not well enough to play professionally.

I can remember sitting in a cabin outside of Denver writing that with a can of soup on the stove.

I would never have ever dreamed that I would get married again and then all of a sudden you meet somebody. That's the thing about life. It can be so unexpected.

Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

If I could read your mind, what a tale your thoughts could tell. Just like a paperback novel, the kind that drugstores sell.