If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true.

I choose to be authentic in everything I do

Make choices that are loving for yourself - with your diet, your relationships, and in speaking your loving truth - that are in alignment with what you want to be doing. When you see that in a person, you are seeing their passion and fulfillment, and that person feels good to you because they feel good to themselves. I know that I feel good and I think that comes across on stage; when I didn't feel good before, I think that came across on stage.

I started dealing with my emotional pain by writing. I always had been a writer, but just not songs. Saying things on paper that I would never, ever say, and saying things to myself, admitting things to myself, about myself and my personality, just putting it on paper, is how I deal with emotional pain.

What tried to demolish me, I allowed to polish me.

There's hope. It doesn't cost a thing to smile. You don't have to pay to laugh. You better thank God for that.

No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself.