I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church.

Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.

These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The ones that you sing when you're driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.

I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.

I would still be singing, because it's part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up. Find something you would do for free.

You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.

That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.