That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.

Synchronized with the rising moon Even with the evening star They were true love written in stone They were never alone, they were never that far apart

All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down.

I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.

One of my earliest memories was me singing 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' at the top of my voice when I was seven. I got totally carried away. My grandmother, Sarah, was in the next room. I didn't even realise she was there. I was terribly embarrassed.

Shower the people you love with love.