All I care about really is writing something worthwhile for children, something that will engage them in some way and stimulates in them a sense of wonder.

If I'm reading about a river or the trees or the wind blowing or the stars at night, if you can hear that in the music in some way, you've wedded the two and your imagination takes off. To be able to hear that in music is really important.

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.

If you can instill a love of reading in your children, they will be ahead of the curve at school and in their lives in general. Their imaginations will be stimulated. I thank heavens for the father that gave me that to begin with.

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside

I can't believe 50 years have gone by since that film was released. I blinked and suddenly here I am. We all really felt blessed and as for me; how lucky can a girl get. Great music does more than enhance a film, it cements our memories in the film going experience.

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