I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger..

Music can speak louder than words, and I will use my music to speak out on behalf of children everywhere..

... even the devil works for God..

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive..

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music..

When we sing, our hearts can lift and fly, over the troubled waters and over the years..

Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our h….

The opening line from a journal can be the beginning of a song..

Survival, I know, is to begin again..

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep d….

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me..

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other..

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges.

For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the society. That is part of the terrible legacy that has come down into society's method….

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The A….

I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Great….

I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don't want to talk about it, they don't want to know about it. People are frightened ….

I am glad so many women singers are being heard in music today. It is healthy for music . . . healthy because it means a lot of men are listening!.

I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in th….

I am just glad that I can take the music to the people who want to hear it. I love my audiences. I am deeply indebted to them for giving me the chanc….

I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live.