I do have a large audience overseas, and I want to continue to be an international artist.

I was always trying to win the world, but somewhere I lost you.

Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives.

Shame, it comes in every size, touches many lives, knocks on many doors.

My writing is different. I think it's better. I think it's deeper. But, strangely enough, it covers a lot of the old ground. Maybe it says it in a more sophisticated way ... but I [have written] about basically the same subjects over the years.

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

Acting is a specific discipline. Just because you can sing doesn't mean you have the sensitivities of being an actor.