I think that's the role of an artist, right? To touch someone and make us stretch out just a little bit more.

In an abusive relationship - we'll talk about men and women - women are often restrained, by words or out of fear, from leaving. They will tolerate abuse up to and including being put to death.

I just kind of tried to stay true to myself.

I just love music. I love all kinds of music, and I was exposed to it, me and my siblings, from the time we were in utero.

Once I started singing, I realized it was a language I'd forgotten I could speak.

To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me.

Hey, maybe I can sing locally and earn a couple of bucks.

I've never been the type of singer that can sing in heels and the gown and all this stuff, because I can't get to where I want to go while I'm in that getup.

You have to be willing to look a certain way, and hold your body a certain way, until you get to where you want to go - I'm talking about musically, now.

There's a certain place you want to get to, and in order to do that, you have to be vulnerable.

I often compare singing to lovemaking because there's so many similarities.

Have concern about where you're from, where you live, and where you may travel. The village is global.

A society which has poor people on its streets is a failed society!

I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it.

Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous

Objects and their manufacture are inseparable, you understand a product if you understand how it's made.

I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.

Are you sitting comfortably? Then get up. This is no time for sloth.

The concern here is that financial services become a kind of tech-led Wild West.

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.

Those who never sail stormy waters are the quickest and harshest judges of bad seamanship.