When knowledge is scant or conflicting, folklore takes over.

I learned from books that I picked up. That was something that just came out of nowhere but continued to be an attraction. So there was a continuum of my interest in the arts and involvement in creating that was strong enough that it later blossomed into much more.

I was there [in school] the full time with one teacher, and the student body was never more than 10 or 12 students of all ages.

We've got a nation of people who have one eye looking out for the next speed camera, another looking for a speed limit sign and another looking at the speedometer - which is a bit of a shame, when you only have two eyes.

Maybe that's what I've based my career on: getting up earlier than everyone else so I get an extra couple of hours.

I think it was interesting that when you're in those formative years you respond to things that interest you and don't always know where they lead. But they accumulate and add up to something that enriches your later life or leads you to some new experience.

At school there were some programs in music. I did take piano lessons, and we had a piano at home. I got very interested in that.