Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.
Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?
We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.
The reason I'm not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.
I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.
