All of these lines across my face, tell you the story of who I am. So many stories of where I've been and how I got to where I am..

I used to turn to nature and animals a lot. And fishing. I spend time still with my Bible and the gospel music, and I still have to feed the animals!….

I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as rol….

The first thing I think of when I think about coming to Las Vegas and playing is always Elvis; its always the first thing on my mind..

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians..

It's impossible to just come up with one thing that I could say to the world. That's why I've spent my life in the pursuit of the opportunity to sing….

I'm not so arrogant to consider mine the only legitimate art form. I can't in one breath make a fuss about someone compartmentalizing music into genr….

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John….

But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I've learned that a live show should never sound like a record; a record should so….

Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes. But the less vulnerable we are because of privilege, the country we're born in, or the sec….

There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are human….

I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But no more than any other kid. And I'm su….

The mole can't live in your dollhouse..

My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro..

So much of the way a singer physically damages their voice could be caused by stress or nerves. I would never be so brazen as to assume that it's the….

I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them,….

I'm not sure I'll ever be famous by anyone's definition. I can only hope to be allowed by the audience to continue my life's work..

I have vocal trouble from time to time associated with sleep or wine! Or from sleeping in a bunk the size of a coffin and breathing in bus air condit….

Even before I had a daughter, I was passionate about global women's issues, but now that she's here, I'm even more inspired to leave a better world f….

But I'm warning you, we're growing up..

I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll pull them tight to my chest until I feel it's a better t….