I have built my world through Native American mythology.

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer.

Inspiration quite frequently arrives as a surprise. The key is being open to it.

If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.

I realized that what was most important to me was following my own path, and not the one laid down for me by others.

I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11.

I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store.