It was step by step that I earned my way into the lives and hearts of people by giving them recordings that I grew to love and as I found my listening audience also grew to love.

My songs are like my children. I love every single one of them.

Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.

Country music is so related to gospel. It seems I could go down that road pretty easily.

What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneumonia. After you do, he'll never phone you.

I think it's a complete injustice, the way it's (the trial) being done

I had said before that I'd never write an autobiography because I've been around, and there's a lot that I've seen and heard that stays with me. That's just mine. I didn't want to do a kiss-and-tell, as some of my peers have.