What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.

I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.

Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?

A lot of people influenced me as I was learning but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential, because I would hear his Christmas albums, which my parents played a lot.

You will go with me everywhere. When I'm dreaming, you still share my lonely nights.

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

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.