I was getting a lot of pressure from people in show business about my being overweight because of medication, I was on 200 mg of amitriptiline. When I said this to my doctor, for some reason she took me completely off medication and she didn't really supervise properly.

Irish artists have a tradition of being very heavily engaged in what is happening in their own society. So it was important that they had a voice.

Songs are like ropes that you can kind of hang on to or pull yourself up on.

I love the Holy Spirit. I can't stand to see it being disrespected. It's been there for me at times when I really needed it. Therefore, I have a duty to stand for it is how I feel.

I listen to, like, funky Chicago blues. I love blues, but I love the funky, happy blues. There's a song about pretty much everything, including kidney stones, believe it or not. So there's something there for whatever you happen to be suffering, you know?

Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll.

Women are to be valued for so much more than their sexuality. We aren’t merely objects of desire.