My guitar and singing was my way of crying.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always going to produce their art, their music. They're going to paint, they're going to write.

Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.

My family was musical on both sides. My father’s family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple’s double — she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.

I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time.