Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

Words don't come easily, like forgive me.