People, as critical as it looks, we're OK. We are in control, whether we feel it or not.

I find myself going out on the road to get my confidence back, because I lose it at home.

By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country.

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 surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you. I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there.

Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it.

Let the music play on would be my legacy.