We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

I think it's important to have a happy parent.

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.

It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.

Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?

The reason I’m not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.

Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with so much feeling, jazz, blues, all those singers, they were songs that I listened to, records that my mom played for me, and then later I bought.