I was married for 36 years but now I'm free.

It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

I look back and say, "This must have been somebody else." I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.

Michael (Jackson) was so shy, he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat with my hands over my eyes-and the lights off.

Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.

My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.