What I enjoy most about going out on stage is seeing all my fans react to my music.

My dogs are about unconditional love. It's so wonderful to walk in the door from a long day and all they want to do is be loved and to give and give.

Keep on shining, keep on smiling, don't lose faith, and don't lose heart. When you're crying, just keep trying to remind yourself, you're a shining star, yes you are.

Online bullying has to stop.

I believe for everyone who goes astray, someone will come to show the way.

You can't break what's broken already.

I will love you all my life and when I die I will still love you through eternity and beyond.

The Holy Spirit said I was blessed and was going to touch hearts everywhere.

I've never heard a song written from a stepmother's point of view, about their family.

Even one kid going hungry in America is one too many. How can we stand by when the reality is that there are more than 12 million underfed children in the U.S.? We can make a difference.

No matter which way I move you, that's a powerful thing to be able to do.

The energy of life is force of faith.

Whatever happens next, I'm sure it's going to be a great adventure.

I turn my head so that he doesn't see my smile and secretly curse him for making me feel special.

Worse than talking with a mouthful, is gossiping with a mouthful!

Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is.

I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening.

It mattered what someone did to allow you to have the forum to do what you're doing.

We have had to learn that history is neither a God nor a redeemer.

After all those years of doing a live, hour-and-a-half show every week, I've got nothing more I need to prove.

It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions.