At This Point In My Life Id

Growing Up In Cleveland, I Learned About Singing From My Mother, Who Had Once Sung Professionally And Who Admired Mahalia Jackson And Aretha Franklin.

I Never Assumed I Would Have That Commercial Success, So It Was A Total Surprise. And Honestly, I Never Assumed That It Would Ever Happen Again.

My Older Sister Encouraged Me From Early On And Bought Me One Of The First Guitars I Had. She Listened To All Of The Crappy Songs That I Wrote When I Was 8 Years Old And Encouraged Me To Keep Doing It.

When You Feel Like You've Had A Good Show, You Go Backstage And You Talk To Yourself About It, And If You Have A Bad Show You Talk To Yourself About It.

Men Are Able To Sustain A Career Into Their 50s And 60s And Still Present Themselves As Sex Symbols. With Women, On The Other Hand, People Say, 'why Doesn't She Retire?'