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

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.

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.

When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body. They were years of torture.

I spent 15 years on the road between touring and recording and I never saw anything. I want to enjoy life.

It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

We must feel the pain before the pleasure, only then can we tell them apart.