“Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.”

“My dad was the cause of me being in show business. He was not only in poetry but in acting a bit. He was Mordecai in the play 'A Dream of Queen Esther.'”

“I love poetry. I love rhyming. Do you know, there are poets who don't rhyme? Shakespeare did not rhyme most of the time, and that's why I do not like him.”

“That's all there was in our house: poetry and choir rehearsal and duets and so forth I listened to Dad and Mother discuss things about poetry and delivery and voice and diction - I don't think anyone could know how much it really means. ”

“Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.”

“I'm thankful for performing as long as I am allowed.”

“I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.”

“It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.”

“Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.”

“Music is science. Everything is science. Because science is truth.”

“It amazes me when I hear people say, 'I want to go out and find out who I am.' I always knew who I was. I was going to be famous if it killed me.”