I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does?

You live in a dangerous place when you sacrifice integrity for security.

I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.

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

I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced less the older I've gotten.

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.

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