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

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.

No one compares to you. Just remember that. There's no one out there - there's only one of you, and that's it. And whatever you believe about you that's great, no one else has it. And I can't look like you, there's no way I can slip into your body and be you, and you can't slip into my body and be me. This is all we're gonna get.

Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.

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.

Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing live.

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.