Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the subject.

I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.

I never have changed in my taste, and the things that I love, and the way that I act, and all that. I never wanted to change, I just wanted to be successful, and be able to do more things for more people, and for myself as well.

Unless you have spent your life doing something, you are not likely to be successful, so always partner with people who are smarter than you.

When its family, you tolerate what you'd kill others for.

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.

Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.