people have a way of laughing at our deams until we make them come true.

When there's friction in the house, the only answer is good manners.

A lot of the music, and especially rap, I don't understand.

My music was called plastic, antiseptic, placid.

Each song, you're telling a story and acting.

On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.