Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together.I would hear him sing every night.

Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.

In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going.

My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.

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

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

The two things you can't fake are good food and good music