I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning

My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.

I'm old enough to be Obama's grandmom. But I still like seeing good-looking things. Nothing wrong with that.

We enjoyed the fact that we were called to the folk festivals and we got to know Joan Baez, Dylan. We were singing strictly gospel, but then after we started hearing songs that they would sing, we saw that those songs were very fitting for us because they were singing the truth, and truth is gospel.

There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

There is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy.