I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.

Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away

I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles.

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.

But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

There's no tour plans, no reunion, no new album... nothing.

I do not believe profanity has anything to do with Christianity, thank you.

Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good.

The night sky stretched on forever above me, the stars flung like glass beads and pearls on a black velvet cloak.

If your friend is critical [of your work], you have to have a very thick skin and a thick skin is something that only builds up after it's callused for awhile.

My truth is relevant and my songs are relevant, but I have to recalibrate myself and speed up my vibrations so that I can communicate with the voice of this generation.

Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.

Some people want everything to be perfect before they're willing to commit... But commitment always precedes achievement.

There were only two kinds of people in our town. ―The stupid and the stuck- ―The ones who are bound to stay or too dumb to go. Everyone else finds a way out.

I've seen the future and it's murder.

Truth was always but the daughter of time.

A photographic close-up is perhaps the purest form of portraiture, creating a confrontation between the viewer and the subject that daily interaction makes impossible, or at least impolite.

I feel the romance should never go out of any marriage. Even after one has had kids etc. Love never ends, na?