The voice gets to the soul of a person more than any other instrument. Because it's the voice. It sings talks, it cries, it laughs, it squeals, it barks, it shouts it whispers, There is no other instrument that can do that. We're born with 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.

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

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.

I have a lot of albums yet to do.

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.