There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

Music has been one of the most beautiful things in my life and will always be a very big part of who I am and what I do.

I wouldn't recommend working with your partner for everyone, because it's tough. There's got to be a really keen balance. You've got to know when to stop being the manager and become the husband. I can't go home and complain to my husband about my manager.

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

I hold 'Mi Tierra,' my first Spanish-language album, very close to me because that was all done in my native tongue and won me my first Grammy.