Andere / Other Großeltern / Grandparents Häufig / Often Jeder / Each Leben / Live Obwohl / Though Sehen / See Sich unterhalten / Talk Sogar / Even Übersee / Overseas Viel / Much Weg / Away Weit / Far Weit weg / Far Away
I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as much.
Often, as teens, we think we know everything, but actually we're just trying to figure life out, and we don't know much at all.
Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still like to sit down and have dinner with them as much as I can.
Throughout my life, I have always believed in love; I've always put my heart in love. But I've seen fear take people so often. It's very scary.
In Jamaica, you're never very far away from people who don't have very much, and in Wilmette, pretty much everybody had a lot.
When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems.
Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.
We can't afford to live in isolation, and we need to teach our kids that the things that they do not only matter to others far away but impact others who live far away, and there are ripples of effect.
But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home.
