It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice.

Thank God for vinyl! It's wonderful to be involved in something that captures your life from almost the beginning to the end. I'm absolutely blessed.

And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

When you're doing bad things, you just don't know whether you can conquer them or not. I found out how strong I could be when I was motivated, and I'm kind of proud of that.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.