I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York.

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written

The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.--

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

Always protect your heart with unconditional self-love, faith and courage.

Greed, corruption, violence, sin, deception all come from a lack of understanding that we’re all connected.

Climbing the economic ladder has been very hard for me; I still feel a great deal of guilt towards those I left behind.

A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.

In England, justice is open to all - like the Ritz Hotel.

The difficulty of being a Latin kid, a Latin man in this country [U.S].

All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.