I was so fortunate to sing and work with so many amazing performers and artists.

If I can help encourage or inspire someone out there who is struggling with some of the same or similar issues as myself, then I think it's worth talking about.

In regards to my artistry, I've learned the importance of being vulnerable.

Even in the sad songs, I want people to know that it won't always be like that.

My advice to anyone wanting to get into the music business, is always be ready to learn and remain humble.

As long as children are still getting kicked out of their homes by parents, getting bullied, commuting suicide, et cetera. it's definitely still worth talking about.

I think my entire songwriting catalog reflects where I was in my life at the time. I capture whatever moment I am experiencing in life.

My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person.

I think my songwriting has developed over the years. As I get older, I have become less afraid to share real experiences.

I always love to support my friends and how they choose to express themselves creatively.

I am extremely grateful for my 'American Idol' experience, and I enjoyed every bit of it.

The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.

Possibility is spiritual.

She laughed and said not to confuse pride with nobleness.

I grew up in the segregated South, right here in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Anybody can do anything, it's up to themselves. All it takes is the right intentions.

I don't want anything. I exist only to serve others.

And I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting us to ignorance again.

A great NOW will be a great WAS! A bad NOW will always be a bad WAS, and all you can hope for is a Great GONNA BE!

I have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.

Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.