I sing my life. It's like I'm having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they're there for that - whether it's to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.

I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket.

When you have a dark side, nothing is ever as good as it seems.

Raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways.

I'm cool. I don't need to be skinny. I like to be strong.

My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.

To experience the good you have to have seen the bad; plus it makes you appreciate blessings more. Tough times taught me to be a fighter.