Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be asked to do video for it, to actually give a certain visual for your song.

To deserve this fate what have I ever done?... All I want is just a little piece of mind but the angels won't have it.

I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge.

The night is black, as black as night.

What's happening right now, this month, I check in and go, 'Hey. You are at the top of a wave right now. Look around and enjoy it because it's not going to stay,' ... The wave goes away. It does not dictate how good I am or my worth. It's just the way it happens.

I'm not one for big public displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever.

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.