When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.

I sing the songs that people need to hear.

I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.

A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight.

You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.