My Real Difficulty Was To Become A

The Concept Of What I Want To Do As An Artist Has Not Changed At All. When I Was Seven Years Old, I Fell In Love With Writing Songs And Knew I Wanted To Make Music And Play It For A Lot Of People. Back Then I Said I Wanted To Heal People With Music And Bring Them Together. I Called My Music, "pazz," Which Means Pop And Jazz. To This Day, All Of Those Things Still Ring Crystal Clear.

I’ve Always Treated My Children As Beings In Their Own Right. I Respect Their Feelings And Aspirations Entirely.

I Get Up At Seven For The Make-up, Rita Hayworth At Six, Joan Crawford And Bette Davis At Five. I Don’t Want To Know The Time When I’ll Have To Come To The Studio Even Earlier.

My Father Had A Very Simple View Of Life: You Don’t Get Anything For Nothing. Everything Has To Be Earned, Through Work, Persistence And Honesty. My Father Also Had A Deep Charm, The Gift Of Winning Our Trust. He Was The Kind Of Man With Whom Many People Dream Of Spending An Evening.

I've Been Accused Of Being Cold, Snobbish, Distant. Those Who Know Me Well Know That I’m Nothing Of The Sort. If Anything, The Opposite Is True. But Is It Too Much To Ask To Want To Protect Your Private Life, Your Inner Feelings? Lots Of Things Touch Me And I Don’t Want To Be Indiscreet.