There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.

The world my children are growing up in is so much more sophisticated and exposed - emotionally, intellectually, sexually.

The same rain that drowns the rat will grow the hay.

I have spent probably years of time waiting in studio lounges - waiting on a mix, waiting on my time to sing, waiting on, waiting on, waiting on. That's just the nature of life.