When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.

In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting with so many people, they're definitely different.

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.' And I didn't know that everyone was hurting like I was hurting. I had no idea.

I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up.