Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.

You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.

I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.