Music brings life to my soul.

Sunshine always inspires me.

I'm itching to see Usher & Shakira work their magic. And of course, Blake is so amazing! It was tough, but I went on my gut which was Adam.

I am passionate about making music that feeds the soul and brings people together.

I absolutely love being on stage. I live and breathe the stage, and nothing makes me happier, but to perform.

I love performing live, especially when I get in the zone. But the studio is really becoming a place I have grown to love.

Fighting cancer is my mission right now. The research and development of finding cures for this nasty disease is my passion.

I would tell people to enjoy the present moment and the journey rather than the outcome.

My creative process involves reading books and magazines, writing outside, and moving around a lot. I like to pace around when I'm writing songs.

It's always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That's always been, and always will be.

I don't feel like I ever really do get past the nervousness. I'm always nervous. Something about being nervous keeps you on the edge, and I've always felt like I worked better under pressure.

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

Like every mother, my wish - every birthday - is for my children to stay healthy (and) for my family to remain healthy.

I tend to employ braided narrative threads in the lyric, so often echoes (of phrases or images) will occur and will hit my ear so I can shape different resonances and shifts in tone.

I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.

There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don't contribute to the growth of their countries.

When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you.

Whether I'm shooting 10-under or 10-over I have to realize people have come a long way to see me play. I can't be back-handing putts.

Finding beauty in the dissonance.

I believe that the monetary stability is an absolutely critical element in the satisfactory operation of a system.