My father said it himself in an interview many years ago: 'Husband and wife failed, but mother and father didn't.' I've got a life that really matters to me, and that's because of the way I was raised. My ethics are high because my parents did a great job.

You have to have a work ethic and you have to be educated in what you're doing. You have to take it seriously. It doesn't mean that everything you do has to be serious. But you've got to have the tools.

I liked getting the Grammy more than not getting it.

I'm realistic. Getting to everybody is not the goal here. The people you can affect in any way - that's who you want to get to.

There's only one thing that's certainAnd that's everybody, everybody's hurting

I relate more to the descendants of Galileo Galilei and the Wright brothers than I do to anyone else you might mention. If you could name someone working today who I could relate to, I'd be both surprised and thrilled.

A guilty conscience means at least you have one.