I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where I became a hopeless romantic. I draw from that a lot.

About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time.

My goal is to give girls and boys a different idea of expression. It's not always about looking pretty or cute. It's about expressing yourself however that may be, even if that's being silly or goofy or weird.

Usually, the song will tell me who it belongs to. It seems clear to me who would do a good job with it, who it suits.

I think it's important to be thinking about your personal life and your family not just when you've retired but also during your career.

I have always really liked creating family entertainment, and Disney does that really well.

Very few parents give out healthy lunchboxes due to pressure from their children.

My parents were children during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it scarred them. Especially my father, who saw destitution in his Brooklyn, New York neighborhood; adults standing in so called 'bread lines,' children begging in the streets.