I look at my hands and go, 'Hmm...what happened? Whose hands are those? Oh my God, they're mine'

I am joining the more than 200,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year... I am inspired by the brave women who have faced this battle before me and grateful for the support of family and friends.

I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.

If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?

Then when I cut my hair short, my career tanked for about four years!

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

I don’t need to reiterate the fact that that everyone has a relationship with cancer. Whether it’s an individual-personal relationship — whether it’s with family or friends — we’ve all been touched by cancer.