Commitment. Someone who'll go the distance. I need somebody with staying power who'll make me go weak in the knees. Commitment. And everything that goes with it. I need honor and love in my life from somebody who's playing for keeps.

We definitely set out to make a great 'radio' record. We set out to write great hooky choruses-but with verses that said something.

Like mercy from heaven's gate, there's a freedom in your arms that carries me through. I need you.

I signed my deal when I was 11, and the success I had, no one could explain that to an adult, what's about to happen to them, much less a kid. There's not many people around who've experienced that.

I've never heard a song written from a stepmother's point of view, about their family.

I believe above the storm, the smallest prayer will still be heard. I believe that someone in that great somewhere hears every word.

It's wonderful to have money. But It's good that I know what the other side is like. I don't take for granted what I have now.