Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself

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.

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.

Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently.

I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled in the arts. So that recognition I credit for my growing interest in art that continued to evolve later on.

People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.

My parents' names were Florian and Mabel Smith. My mother's maiden name was Dersam. They were of German heritage and were part of a family community with my grandparents and uncles and relatives. I was an only child.