When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society.

As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.

When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.

Change is growth. For me it has been a very spiritual and musical rebirth.

For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the term 'testimony' is a warm and familiar word in our religious expressions. It is tender and sweet. It has always a certain sacredness about it. When we talk about testimony, we refer to feelings of our heart and mind rather than an accumulation of logical, sterile facts.

Yes, I was mad at God because of the cancer diagnosis. I thought I should have been protected because of the work I do in the world.