I Don’t Have Stamina In Exercise...but I

~when Valentina Was Not Even 1 Month Old, My Aunt [gave Me The Best Advice]: 'put Her To Sleep Yourself Every Night. Sing To Her And Cradle Her In Your Arms And Sit By Her Side - Every Night. Because One Day You Won't Be Able To, And It's Going To Happen Really Fast.~

You Know Latin People? African-american People? How Our Skin Ages More Slowly? Even Though We're Dramatic, We Move Our Faces, We Eat Higher-fat Foods, We're The Ones With Fewer Wrinkles - It Makes You Wonder.

My Mother Was Devoted To Helping People - With My Father's Money! - Who Had Great Voices But Didn't Have The Financial Means To Study Music. He And My Mum Gave Away Dozens Of Music Scholarships, And My Mum Opened A School In Town, Introduced Opera To Children And Created Fantastic Programmes.

I Think That It's Important For Every Single Person, No Matter What They Do In Life, To Participate In The Well-being Of Humanity And The Planet. Don't Let A Year Go By Knowing You Didn't Make An Effort To Do Something - No Matter How Small - Outside Your Own Problems And Drama.

Sometimes I Decide Not To Make Something Because I Am Proud And Think I Am Better Than That - And Then I Realise I Have To Pay The Rent And I Have To Take Something Which Is Even Worse Than All The Other Stuff They Offer You Because You Were Being So Proud Not To Take It! But You Adjust And Sometimes For One Reason Or Another There Is No Strategy At The End But There Is The Ability To Do The Best That You Can With What You Have.