I live every day to its fullest extent and I don't sweat the small stuff.

A lot of people lose a sense of reality when they achieve success. That's a terrible danger because you have to remember who you were and who you are basically and that you're still a person and all that out there is a kin of magic - what people see out there is magic, it's media magic. It's not very real and it's very glamorous, but you have to keep a sense of you through it all.

I simply have a marvellous life, a very lucky life.

My biggest mistake was my best lesson... you don't learn anything when everything is going perfectly.

I am lucky to have the greatest band and when you add a symphony orchestra to the mix it brings all of my songs to a whole new level. I wouldn't say I really change what I do but, having those talented musicians behind me, along with my band, really makes the songs so much bigger and more fun to sing.

My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere.

I really love performing with an orchestra and am very excited to do so with the Kalamazoo Symphony.