My life is perfect because I accept it as it is.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together.

There's nothing more that we love than having a close, personal, open relationship, and I believe that's what God wants.

My mother passed at the end of the Circus tour. After that I really needed to take some time and just chill out and get my head together.

I enjoy what people at the concert give me and I can't do it without them, so it's really an exchange of energy that snowballs back and forth and becomes something that's very satisfying and very magical.

I mean, look at the people we celebrate - a lot of people who really don't do anything. They just walk the red carpets and go to all the parties, and they're hooked up with the right people, so they're celebrities. But what for?