I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive.

Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or not.

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges

Survival, I know, is to begin again.

I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation

For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the society. That is part of the terrible legacy that has come down into society's method of handling suicide recovery. Now we have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.