I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults

I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.

The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative.

I think we listen to music because we want to be changed. Music is not solely for our entertainment. Music has such tremendous power to bring joy. To me, that's our job as artists. Not happiness, not a groove, whatever. You must bring joy. I think that's the assignment. I have no doubt about it.

I’m not a scholar or a psychologist, so I don’t really think about why. But I do think about what it means to sing to and with people, to offer music to them, and to ask them to spend time with me.