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.

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.

Even with our differences There is a place we're all connected Each of us can find each other's light, There's so much to be thankful for.

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.

My feeling is, Twitter's free. If people want to have a political discourse with me on Twitter, and they disagree with me, I've got all the time in the world for that. It's when it gets nasty that I have problems.

I've been aware of my gay fans since album one. There has been such great support from that community and it has gone both ways.