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I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.

Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'

On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.

I love music but, of course, I'd choose love over that.

If my life were a song, what would it be? 'A Never Ending Road of Musical Good Times'.

The only love affair I have ever had was with music.

Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.

I always think it's important to choose your initial theme very carefully because you're going to be married to it for a long time. You might have to generate an hour's worth of music from a very short, little piece of theme.

If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.

Music has been so healing in my life, so the fact that my music could be that for someone else is the best gift of my whole career. People have told me that they got married to my music, divorced to my music, and played my music while they were having their baby.