People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.

We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born. I didn't have books at home so I did all my reading at school. I love books and I believe that helping kids to read gives them a great start in life.

Got those moods a swinging, tears a slinging, nothing fits me, when it hits me, ranting, raving, misbehaving, PMS blues.

I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'

I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.

Every day I pray about all I do.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd have been a drag queen