In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing.

There is not a formula for the way that God heals. There's not a timetable.

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

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

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.

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

Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like.