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

I had the great advantage of a mother who used to tell me the most beautiful years of a woman's life are ages 35 to 45.

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.

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

To me, the human experience does involve a great deal of anguish. It's joyful, but it's bittersweet. I just think that's life.

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.

Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times.