The failures and successes are necessary for learning.

The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment.

There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.

We are losing our superstars like Johnny and June Carter Cash and that breaks my heart.

The truths are universal: Every kid knows fear. Every kid knows family and friendship. Loss, love, laughter. Everything else is just detail.

When I first met Big, we were both at a 'Bad Boy' family photo shoot. I was kind of familiar with the name Biggie Smalls, but I really wasn't that much into hip-hop at the time, so I really didn't know that was him. He said he didn't even know I was an artist on 'Bad Boy.'

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.

My parents were wonderful people, but there were terrible rows between them, and at times I found the atmosphere at home unbearable. The Arthur Ransome books gave me an alternative childhood and the tools to escape.