With time the unbearable becomes shocking, becomes sad, and finally becomes poignant.

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children.

But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting.

If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end

I spent nearly two hours deciding on an outfit that would look as if the subject of clothing had never crossed my mind, but would in fact show off my best features and miraculously hide the extra pounds.

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

Documenting one's life in the midst of living it is a strange pursuit.