My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.

I never had, like, a nanny that took care of me. My mom always fed me breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.

When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times...I learned very early in life that: 'Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song.' So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.

Art keeps me alive. I've obviously been devastated or heartbroken all my life, since my mother's death.