My peers accept me and respect me, and that's enough.

Very often the music comes first.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game.

Well, I loved singing in the chorus, and there was some connection for me between gospel and choral music.

When love is unkind, it is not love anymore.

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.