I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

I believe that every person has uniqueness - something that nobody else has.

Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to.

If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.

Depression is something that makes you lose your sight.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.

When you are live you never know what is going to happen.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.

I love to be creative.

...to forget you..this girl can never do....

The prayer of faith is the only kind that is real prayer, and it is trust in God with full acknowledgment of God's power and love.

Bravo can't be responsible for the mental state of every single person that comes onto their network.

If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.

Everybody picks up on the sensational things, but no one really gets it.

Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity a a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men are men, but Man is a woman.

The strangest part of Indian music is its lack of chords: There's no such thing as major or minor, and it's unusual to hear more than two different pitches at the same time.

I'm so southern Ohio. And Cleveland is a different world, you know?

Focus on the moment, not when you are praying with your intellect, but when you are fully experiencing the prayer

When I see everyone doing the same thing, I want to do the opposite.