Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.

I like music to soothe me.

I don't think any one person is the cause of all of someone else's problems.

I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here.

I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman.

I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time.