Growing up, I was always involved in the deaf community.

I never danced growing up.

My mom did a great job because ever since I was born, she would put me into any type of sporting activity with hearing teams.

I have always aspired to be the type of role model who can bridge the deaf and hearing communities.

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world is very valuable.

We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family.

I love researching, whether it's old Western documentaries or old Western country singers or John Ford Westerns, which are heavily influenced by family values, which so many of these country songs are related to.