There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

I have been to more than 80 countries, and there is not one-not one-that I didn't have women coming up to me sharing stories of overcoming major abuse, a bad marriage turning good, etc.

Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing.

I agree that a well groomed appearance or a slovenly appearance says a lot about one's character.

I grew up without a father, and my mother grew up without a father and her mother grew up without a father. So we have this long heritage of growing up without fathers.

Go on, now, go. Walk out the door. Just turn around now, 'cause you're not welcome anymore. Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with 'goodbye?' Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die? I will survive.

The respect that you should have for one another-I never knew any of that. So I suffered.