We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

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

When I`m going to do a Christmas album I had to put my mind in Christmas mode. I had to go back to being a child and remembering all of that. When I go to do a project, I'm serious about it, so I wrap my world around it, and it becomes Christmastime for me and I'm singing songs like it's Christmas day.

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.

When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.

If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.