Motherhood Is... Difficult And... Rewarding.

We Kiss And Hug Our Kids A Lot! And Even Now When Our Son Lives 3,000 Miles Away, We Talk Every Day, Sometimes Several Times.

[my Mother] Closed The School The Next Day [after A Visit From Castro's Soldiers], Because She Knew That The Purpose Of Education Was The Broadening And Opening Of Children's Minds. And She Couldn't Be A Party To The Systematic Closing Of Minds, Borders, Freedoms And Ideals.

I Spent My Childhood Alone, Overweight And Ugly, Angry At Everything, And Knowing Nothing Of A Life Beyond This Sadness.

In Europe There's The Upper Crust, And These Are Long, Historically Families And Social Systems That Have Certain Established Rules That's Harder To Break Into.

All I Tell Artists Is, 'do What You Love. Never Let Anybody Talk You Into Changing What Your Musical Idea Is Just To Try To Get A Hit, Because You're Chasing Your Tail That Way. It's Not Going To Happen, And If You're Successful, You Have To Do It The Rest Of Your Life. Stay True To It And Do It For The Sake Of The Art.'