Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.

After all, children are children no matter their background.

You always do that with movie musicals. You prerecord and then you lip-synch to playback.

I'm not singing anymore; that is why I am so pleased to be writing. My daughter said, "You just found a different way of using your voice."

If somebody can act out one of the books as a play, if they can see a play, film, or television show that's related, that can be so stimulating for them. Anything that makes children engage and think - and love what the story is about - can only bring the most enormous rewards.

Words are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about.