With Two Children Of My Own, I

I Never Think About Themes. I Let The Music Create Itself. I Like It To Be A Potpourri Of All Kinds Of Sounds, All Kinds Of Colors, Something For Everybody, From The Farmer In Ireland To The Lady Who Scrubs Toilets In Harlem.

The Teacher Always Used Me As An Example To The Class Of Good English And Good Storytelling Because We All Had To Write The Same Stories. But She Used To Make Me Go Out Front - Which I Hated - And Read My Story To The Class And I Would Get Huge Applause. Not Because Of Who I Was But Because They Truly Enjoyed The Stories I Wrote.

I Wasn't Aware That The World Thought I Was So Weird And Bizarre. But When You Grow Up, Like I Did, In Front Of 100 Million People Since The Age Of 5, You're Automatically Different.

The Key To Being A Wonderful Writer Is Not To Write. You Just Get Out Of The Way. Leave Room For God To Walk In The Room. And When I Write Something That I Know Is Right, I Get On My Knees And Say 'thank You.'

Never Rush An Emotion; Everything In Life Has A Rhythm, It Is The Pauses And Silences That Speak The Truth.