Well, for street clothes, a lot of what I wear is Jones New York. I am well-endowed in the derriere, and they can handle that.

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

I had a fear of being alone.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible.

God allows circumstances to build us up. God has got our back.

At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong.

All through my young life I wanted to sing, although nobody in my family knew it.

I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give

When I'm on stage, all is right with the world.

You can only be as confident as your repeated interpretations of your self-worth.

With song titles, I try to keep a healthy sense of humor while saying something at the same time.

Men call their sons Paul and their dogs Nero today.

There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

I kept having dreams all night. I thought they were touching me with their fingers. But dreams don't have fingers, they have fists, so it must have been scorpions.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.

I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.

Moving to Turkey was the turning point in my life.

I'm a human who is aware of the history of humanity and the ways in which the movies touch on those things.