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

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.

Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves.

When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don't worry BE HAPPY!:)

To be a musician, you have to be honest... to be honest... to be honest.

Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.

Whenever I'm onstage, I try my best not to think that I'm performing. It's simply another part of my day.