It saddens me to think that there are children in America who are hungry every day of their lives. No one can live - and grow - withoiut such a fundamental necessity as food. If we Americans reach out to our own communities, we could end this crisis.

Everybody loves a sad ballad because it's cathartic. For artists, in a lot of ways, that's sort of our therapy sessions is when you're singing a song.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

Music and movie scripts are books. You want to be literally moved and that's the sort of things I look for.

I don't even trust myself in my career much less giving somebody else advice.

Someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.

I grew up in Louisiana, and I grew up with a dysfunctional family with some very serious abuse from my stepfather, who could be a very beautiful person on one hand and be terrible on the other, so it leaves your soul troubled as a child.