I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!

I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it, I think, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing.

It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.

...everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different.

We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.