“I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.”

“When you're adopted, no matter what, you've got issues with unconditional love. And you find out you're the product of the worst situation for a young girl to be in and start her life, and I'm so g...”

“I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, be...”

“Every song you're trying to find something that going to connect in different ways but for me the songs that I'm really drawn to are inspirational, songs that lift you and that everybody can relate...”

“Didnt I stand there once, white-knuckled, gripping the just-lit taper, swearing Id never go back? And hadnt you kissed the rain from my mouth?And werent we gentle and awed and afraid, knowing wed s...”

“For breakfast to be called in bed instead of on top of a bed, the house in which it is about to be eaten has to have at least two rooms (excluding the kitchen); (at least) three, if it has a bathroom.”

“An anniversary is a celebration of the triumph and tragedy of love.”

“I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helpi...”

“My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.”

“Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.”