Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows, Everything That's Wonderful,

I Think I Turned To Writing Really Just To Wake Up In The Morning And Be A Musician And To Have Something To Do, And Feel Like A Musician Every Day Even If I Wasn't Working.

I Think The Record Industry, By And Large What's Left Of It, Is Still Totally Homophobic. I Think It's Much Less So In The Film Industry Now, But The Record Industry, It's Always Been A Man's World.

You Know, Quincy Jones Was A Great Mentor, But He Was A Man In A Man's World. Fortunately He's A Very Sensitive Man And A Beautiful Human Being, And Even Though He Was 14 Or 15 Years Older Than Me, He's A Capable Human Being And Has Great Communication Skills.

And That's What Got Me To The Piano, That's What Got Me Up In The Morning: A Blank Piece Of Paper And A Hope To Have Something By The End Of The Day.

I Can Remember In The Early 60s That There Were A Couple Of Really Dynamic Women Performers At The Time - Brenda Lee, There Was Connie Francis.