I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.
I'm at peace.
The roughest roads often lead to the top.
I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home.
I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity.
Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.
It can be hard in this business, especially when you're very young, to figure out who you can and can't trust.
If life is a journey, It can take you anywhere you wanna go.
Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.
I really don't spend any time on the Internet, so I guess I live a little under a rock in that respect.
It's important to take time for your spouse and nurture the relationship.
It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey, to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business.
I have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom have a rough time with my dad being very controlling, which is why I push back whenever I feel like...
When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.
In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.
I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.
It's definitely a dream come true to be recognized and to be able to sign autographs. But, it's also a lot of hard work and can be draining. If you don't know already, you will quickly learn who your...
I think all of us as women have this super-human quality. We create life, we give life, we are the sources of life for our children - we're all pretty bionic.
Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.