I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else..

As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice..

Say what you will, making a marriage work is a woman's business..

There is nothing outside of the text. [Fr., Il n'y a pas de hors-texte.].

If you and I shall, like the believing shepherds, watch and long for His appearing, one day we, too, shall hear a music grander and sweeter even than….

Yes, there is some one I love, though he has not told me yet that he even loves me..

I didn't shoot anybody, no sir . . . I'm just a patsy..

They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those..

I wanted to make a record with a twist. I wanted to prove that you could make a record that concentrated on song craft but that was still fun, someth….

In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I wanted to do is write stories...….

"You can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for..

It's not about what you're saying, it's about how you listen..

The focus of my playing is the groove, and every time I find a new rhythm, I find I can write a bunch of new songs. Learning how to dance, or drum, o….

I never want to pick an easy song. I want to continue to challenge myself vocally..

I love to write songs and sing them, and I didn't really know much more than that. Somehow it's gotten to the point where a friend can say, "It's ver….

Everything is overflowing with Gods..

Success in anything is through happiness..

My head works in music, so there's always music there..

I've never not been famous..

Sometimes something becomes a lot better. It's like a puzzle . You can't force a round brick into a square. It's a delicate thing. You need to let th….

I think everyone has a story to tell. Part of what I do is help artists find their voice, not only their vocal voice, but their writing voice. Every ….