But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party.

The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man.

Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra.

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.

Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

Well, I'm stubborn and wrong, but at least I know it.

I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano.

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

You can derive everything that is healthy for yourself in the woods.

I went horseback riding and got a big chunk of horse manure kicked into my face. It has a way of slapping you right back into reality.

Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is.

Hard choices are precious opportunities to become the distinctive people that we are.

...remember one thing only: that it's you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.

What does education do, what does it have to offer, when deprived of its necessary partner, the future, and face instead with - no future at all?

Once the world was pulled out from beneath your feet, did you ever get to stand on firm ground again?

We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.

People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.

It’s funny how one summer can change everything.

Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.