I write about everything, but I just - how faith filters through all that and colors your opinion of other people and life and all that.

Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why?

I think what I mostly realize is just that life is unpredictable. So don't be afraid, but just enjoy the day you're in. Really make the most of it.

I know how it feels to go into a studio to start a record, and eight weeks later it's finished. I know how an intense schedule feels.

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young.

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.