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Basically, my mother couldn't hold a tune and when I was a baby, a rather tactless baby, I would ask her not to sing... you can't get to sleep if someone is singing off key nearby.

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.

The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.

I like babies, but not in the front row. I don't want to sing directly to a baby.

Getting older, you just don't want to sing fluffy.

I don't write songs.

I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.

I don't even attempt to sing.

Okay, this is a secret, but I think that nursery rhymes are the most relaxing and fun songs.