Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy.

You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

We're divorced from my father because he did some mean and scary things to us.

I think that someone is watching out for me, God, my guardian angel, I'm not sure who that is, but they really work hard.

A heartsong doesn't have to be a song in your heart. It doesn't have to be talking about love and peace. It can just be your message. It can be your feeling. Some people might even call it a conscience, even though that's not really what it is. It's your message, what you feel like you need to do.

It's the song in your heart that wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help other people do the same. Everybody has one.

Every year, once a year, in Maryland, I go for a week and overnight camp with about 50 to 60 kids with muscular dystrophy, all ages, seven to 21. And it is really fun. I have some great friends there and wonderful counselors.