I've Got Nine Dogs, Eight Birds, Turtles,

My Favorite Process Is Writing, From Day One. The Songs I Have Written Throughout The Years Were A Real Great Opportunity For Me To Communicate, Because I Think Tha'ts My Prime Objective On This Planet.

I Think That The Only Way To Teach Is By Example, As Children Will More Easily Follow What They See You Do Than What You Tell Them To Do.

There Are So Many Difficult Things We're Living Through In The World Today, So Many Horrible Events, But We Cannot Let Them Stop Us. No Matter What Happens, I Feel You Must Move Forward With Optimism And Not Get Totally Sideswiped.

My Family Was Musical On Both Sides. My Father’s Family Had A Famous Flautist And A Classical Pianist. My Mother Won A Contest To Be Shirley Temple’s Double — She Was The Diva Of The Family. At 8, I Learned How To Play Guitar. I Used To Play Songs From The ‘20s, ‘30s And ‘40s In The Kitchen For My Grandmother.

The Part Of My Education That Has Had The Deepest Influence Wasn't Any Particular Essay Or Even A Specific Class, It Was How I Was Able To Apply Everything I Learned In The Library To Certain Situations In My Life. . . The Library Takes Me Away From My Everyday Life And Allows Me To See Other Places And Learn To Understand Other People Unlike Myself.