I'm just singing what I feel in my heart.

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

I have fun just about everywhere I go.

I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.

My uncle was 16, in junior high, and he heard me singing and snatched me off the stage. I thought he was happy and was going to pat me on the head and say I was good. But he took me home and told my grandmother this youngin' was at school singing the blues.

One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.

The Devil is a liar. He cannot win. And that's all we're seeing is a bunch of devils [Donald Trump]. So we have to pray and just look out for one another. Keep your chest out, stick your head up and walk tall.