I just had to find all my friends that used to be in the business. As I say, the music business didn't die, it just moved to Nashville.

Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.

People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day.

Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing.