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One of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is that outer order contributes to inner calm. More than it should.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

If the mind is calm, your spontaneity and honest thoughts appear. You become more spontaneous.

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

I'm much calmer as I get older, but I'm still just as capable of getting that strung-out stressed-out feeling of mental and spiritual unwellness.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.

I'm pretty good at remaining calm during an emergency. My house burned down when I was 12, which made me really pragmatic about what needed to be done. But I can be bad in that I compartmentalize a lot of emotions and push them away to deal with them at a later date.

My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.