You can love someone with all your heart for all the right reasons, and in a moment they can choose to walk away. love 'em anyway.

Sometimes you run out of ideas, just like if you are a writer or whatever. Then you just have to wait around for something to inspire you or look for something to inspire you.

You have to stick to your guns and still know when to be flexible. That's something I've had to learn-which battles to fight.

I grew up singing in Kansas. My dad had a band when I was growing up. So I sang in church and school and started singing with his band when I was seven. So I've been singing all my life.

My desire is to stand by the fire that burns inside of you.

That's the hardest thing about being a mom. You want to be cool, and you want them to like you all the time, but you can't always have that. You're gonna have times where you have to say no, and you won't be the most popular person in the house.

Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing, let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong... it's Independence Day.