I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.

But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting.

I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience.

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

I spent nearly two hours deciding on an outfit that would look as if the subject of clothing had never crossed my mind, but would in fact show off my best features and miraculously hide the extra pounds.

I'm a songwriter. My voice just serves what I'm writing about. So to let all that go, I mean, bring the sensibilities of it actually to the song choices, but to just be the interpreter was incredibly liberating and really fun.