'I couldn't be any happier. I mean this is my ultimate love. Ever since I've been out of diapers, I've loved to sing.'

'I`d sing to it, over and over, and imagine like I had this audience.' (about the 'Sound Of Music' soundtrack)

'The only way I was able to bring myself out of all that negativity was to lock myself in my room and sing.'

'I would take a twirling baton and use it as my 'icaphone' - that's what I called it - and lay a towel on the floor as my stage.'

As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most …

I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.

'I can't believe they pay us to play baseball - something we did for free as kids.'