I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.

We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses.

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

If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.

I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.

I'm one of those people that if its something to eat I'm going to eat the whole thing, If I'm going to be in love I'm going to love you all the way and if my heart's broken, it's just shattered all to pieces.