Mama is funny. She has a great sense of humor and loves a good joke. Loves a practical joke, too.

My mama is my best friend. We have fun, we can talk about anything, she always is on my side but really quick to tell me when I'm wrong. That's a true friend. She's loyal, smart, witty and intelligent. She loves family and loves to travel. All the things I love!

It really has lifted my spirits. It's intensified my faith, given me more hope. That's what music does for me.

When I learned to forgive, it was like a million pounds were lifted from me.

But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up.

The upside to anger? Getting it out of your system. You got to express your anger. Then you have room for more positive things. If I hold something in a long time, and then I speak it, it's amazing how the light shines so much brighter.

When I left, after my divorce, when I left Oklahoma, I never looked back. It was the future. It was looking forward from then on.