Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of.

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

I just think music is such a beautiful thing. It lifts the heart and buoys up your spirits - all kinds of music.

I know my own weaknesses as a human being, and as a musician, as a singer and as a woman.

But to make a holiday record that involves favorite American songs and then also get to sing about Jesus birth, it just seemed like a real easy, subtle way to combine a couple of things that I love.

I think a woman can have all of the ideas and mental pictures. She can be a real planner and a motivator. But in the end, I think a woman does best when she responds to a man.

I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as much.