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I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

I use a pseudonym, because my real name is very difficult to pronounce, to remember, and to spell. And many people who have been talking about me on television have yet to pronounce it correctly.

People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to somebody's name and repeating it, cleverly in the first couple of sentences so the name sticks to begin with.

When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.

Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.

I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

We are all pleased when our names are pronounced and spelled correctly.

I can't believe that people actually know my first and last name. I think it's really, really, gosh-darn neat.