Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.

Everybody's not as fortunate as I've been that can have their hubby with them on the road, that we can do whatever we want and mainly be honest with the kids. Just the time that you do give them, make it be great time. It doesn't have to be hours.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.

I've sung since I talked, when I'm two, but what I sang was ballads, because it's very hard to do a dance track with your little acoustic guitar when you're a kid.

Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.