I am thinking of you in my sleepless solitude tonight.

There's a hero, If you look inside your heart

I think that for me personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability.

I don't mind being compared to Whitney (Houston), there are people miles worse to be compared to.

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic.

I love all holiday music. My two favorites would probably be Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" and Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song." They epitomize Christmas for me. Those two recordings will never be touched. That's why I've never redone them.

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!