I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage.

Ideals are not something I can control. It's not logic that convinces me of something, it's what my heart says. My heart has a way of involving me in things, which can only be good for the music.

They sign a bunch of women, and they call it a movement. I don't like the way women in music have been identified as women first and musicians second.

The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet.

I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.

Making music should not be left to the professionals.

I believe in the power of music. I believe in it absolutely. It's never failed me. Never.