People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.

I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model.

When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.

You know, really - actually, it's funny because it's a sore spot with me because I have all these recipes that, you know, you have to measure things out and put them in. And then you bake it and it becomes this thing. And it's not a recipe.

Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.

She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline.