There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from.

My music is in young people's lives because it's so much a part of their parents' lives.

Worse than bad reviews is to be ignored.

I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.

My voice is unadorned. I don't try for perfection. I try to be honest and truthful and soulful with the voice I have. If I make mistakes in notes, or there are cracks in notes, I don't fix them. That's the way it is.

Hands, touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you.

I thought love was more or less a giving thing. Seems the more I gave, the less I got.