I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.

My music is in young people's lives because it's so much a part of their parents' lives.

I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.

When I am not writing, I'm dying.

Over the years, you grow up, you mature and you see things in a different way, and it's reflected in the writing.

Acting is a specific discipline. Just because you can sing doesn't mean you have the sensitivities of being an actor.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.