I have never been a different person onstage than I am off.

I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.

I loved the fact that I could get on stage and be in control.

I will survive For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive.

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.

Experimenting with drugs, drinking, doing this just enough to be accepted as one of the crowd, but I hated drugs, and I hated the taste of alcohol!

Personally I prefer Gospel music.