If I Ignore My Work, I Start

And I Kind Of Said To Myself If I Get My Voice Back I'm Not Going To Take Back The Old Anxiety About It And Just Focus On The Limitations. I'm Really Going To Enjoy It.

Once Your Kids Get Older And Get Out Of The House, It's Not Like It Stops. They're On The Phone With Me Every Day; I'm Intimately Involved In Their Problems.

The Religion I Have Is Music. Even The Times I Have Headaches, When I'm Singing, I Can't Feel Them. My Dad Used To Say That, Too, Especially Near The End Of His Life. He Would Be In Pain - A Lot Of Pain - And He Said The Only Time When He Didn't Feel Pain Was When He Performed And Sang.

But There's Nothing That Gives Me More Thrill Than When I'm Writing And A Couplet Works. I Find The Right Rhyme, Or It's Just Perfect. There's Nothing That Exciting.

I Am So Sick Of Reading About Another Car Bomb, Another Suicide Bomber, Another 10, 20, 30, 70, 100 People Dead In A Day, Both Americans And Iraqis.