Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.

I was brought up in the Christian church and I studied in the teachings of Jesus. I believed in caring for others and trying to be kind. It's something I still have to work on every day.

By the time I was about ten, I had started to lose faith with church ways. I was educated in some ways by my high school government and history teachers.

If you just take one foot in front of the other without any protection, you may end up falling off the fence.

Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that - we want it to come from us: naturally, truly, really.

I do use reality because I want my work to feel real, I want it to feel heartfelt. I don't want to make it up and have it sound corny or unrelatable.