In the end, no matter how my records are panned or praised, if there are kids and communities in developing nations that have improved living conditions and are finally getting access to things we all have a basic right to (clean water, education, healthcare) because I am able to advocate, raise awareness or funds in some small way, then my life has achieved something that in the end means far more than having the track or album of the moment.

I know my sound, and I have to be true to who I am as an artist, even though I want be real cool, and make really cool music.

I feel like I always have to have a song on my album that people can use in their weddings.

You don't normally think of Los Angeles as a place to go to get away.

You can analyze all you want but you can never explain away the God factor. Sometimes God just decides to breathe on something and it's completely His prerogative.

I'm not quite sure where the sponsorship rumour came from... probably because I have been a spokesperson for child sponsorship so people just assumed that was the connection.

Singing was always quite a private thing... I don't think my own mum even heard me sing until after I signed with Sony just out of high school!