“I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock n roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.”

“Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you b...”

“You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.”

“Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy.”

“When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems.”

“Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.”

“I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedn...”

“I met Ashley two weeks before I married him. It was a joke-the most ridiculous thing I've ever done. Once I was married, I didn't want to be a failure, so I stuck it out for six months, which was a...”

“There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.”

“Be nice to yourself, for you deserve everything that you want!”

“Try to find the nicest phrases and words while talking to your parents and be creative because whatever you say, it is not enough”

“Choosing the best option might show our smartness but Choosing the Right option would show our Goodness.,There, indeed, is a difference between being WISE and being NICE, andits now, it's our turn ...”