Sinatra Was Just One Of Mom's Friends.

I Have Spent Much Of My Adult Life Flinching With Pain As I Tried To Pull Out The Threads That Bound The Shadows Of My Past To Me.

I Really Don't Look At My Past And I Really Don't Look Too Much To The Future Because I Find That's Sort Of Redundant. I Really Live Right In The Present. I Live Right In The Now.

People Come Up To Me As I Leave The Stage After A Performance And Tell Me Tey Saw My Mother Onstage With Me Every Time I Sing. I Keep A Sense Of Humor About It.

My Mother Was Electric Onstage, And I Vividly Recall The Extraordinary Power She Had Over Her Audiences

My Feeling About Young People Who Want To Pursue A Career Is - The First Thing Is Do Your Homework On Where It All Started. Go Back And Look At History. Look At Why The Shows You Are Loving Today Happened And The Artists You Are Listening To Happened. And Do Your Homework On History. Whether It's Musical Movies, Musical Plays, Broadway Musical Recordings - Do Your Homework! And Then, That Way You Will Have An Understanding Of Why, Now, Certain Movies, Certain Plays, Certain Musicals Are Making Some Sort Of Sense.