I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.

Let me fall. Let me climb. There's a moment where fear and dream must collide.

My biggest blast-off hit was "You Raise Me Up." If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.

After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible.

Singing brings out in me what I can't normally bring out in everyday life. It's an incredible feeling to be able to bare your soul to people you've never met in a way that can make them understand so clearly what you mean. That's what I love most about singing ... it becomes my truest form of communication.