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.

If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see.

I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else.

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

How we absorb music is unique. I know what I do. When I'm listening to music, I tend to find myself in a song. That's what really makes you connect is if you feel what that song is saying.

If you went to your closet today, would you pull out the same outfit you wore 10 or 15 years ago? You wear feelings and faith differently as well.

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.