For me, singing was always about the lyrics. I'm hopeless at singing songs that don't have a core.

If you just literally stand still for a while, listen and think, things will eventually get sorted out.

Books make great gifts because they're everybody's favorite things.

Can I give them what they think they're going to get from me? That's always the big question.

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

I think family matters to me enormously. In fact, family is the first priority. If my family is good, I can do anything. If they're not, I'm a basket case.

So many things that you can ask children hopefully pique their interest and they can design and think for themselves. Having children draw and illustrate what they saw in their minds' eyes during the story is a tremendous teaching aid.