You have to be an ally in a difficult time and not turn on yourself with self-shaming thoughts, which makes facing pain intolerable.

In the end only kindness matters.

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous; there's really nothing to lose.

We all need to demand the happiness for ourselves we desire. Fight for it. Wrestle it out of the clenched fist of the world you live in

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

I make a living with a song, and I feel honored to do something I love and believe in.

I've always been a workhorse.