Once I Get Out Onstage, It's The

The First Album Was A Very Successful Record. It Made Me Very Visible And It's An Immediate Association, But I Don't Do That Anymore. Now I'm True To Myself As An Artist Again. I'm More Vocally Oriented.

I Lost Interest In Being In The Public Eye.

Music Is What Is Going To Save Me," "on The Bad Days, When I Have To Look At The Cold, Hard Facts Of Life, I See That This Is Not The Music Business I Came Up In And I Have To Be Very, Very Objective And Detached And Say, 'what's Good About It And What's Bad About It?' Mostly, I'm Finding It Good That It's Not The Same Old Music Business, Because The Music Business I Came Up In Really Didn't Advance Anything I Was Doing, And I Don't Think It Was Particularly Kind To A Lot Of Artists.

My Life Was Very Tenuous Last Year. My Daughter's Death, In March In 2007, Was Unexpected. It Was A Shock. I Didn't Know If I'd Survive It.

Sometimes When You're Overwhelmed By A Situation - When You're In The Darkest Of Darkness - That's When Your Priorities Are Reordered.