I think there are unseen powers who don't want pop music to be anything other than glorified Madonnas.

And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.

Music can affect for good or ill the body as well as the mind.

I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired.

Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.