Growing Older Is Not Upsetting; Being Perceived

I Do Ballads That Say What Every Man Wants To Say And That Every Woman Wants To Hear, Or I Do Songs About Social Issues.

The First Six Years Of My Career, I Got More Comments On My Weight Than On My Singing. So I Think I Became So Self-conscious That I Started Working On It Harder.

Radio Is Aimed At The 30-year-old Market, So You Have To Have Great Music And Appeal To Get That Age Group. And You Need A Record Company To Believe In You. It's Like A Bit Of The Perfect Storm.

If Someone Asks You To Run The 100 Yard Dash As Fast As You Can, You'll Run The 100 Dash As Fast As You Think You Can. But If You Put Someone Along Side You Who Runs A Little Faster, You Are Going To Run Faster - Whoa - I Better Step It Up A Little Bit. I Do Things Even I Didn't Know I Was Capable Of.

I'm Much More Comfortable Singing Than Talking.