I grew up with reggae music.
Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible.
I am a gay, Christian, farm girl from Kansas who sang Country Music and I did the very best I could do -- to know God and to share God.
I hear the word 'tolerance'-tha t some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays. I'm not satisfied with that word. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be 'tolerated'. One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. I am not a negative to be tolerated.
I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.
I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows.
I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that's truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in 'making' a good album, to be honest, I'd love to have a hit record.
Other peoples' success represents the possibility of what you can do.
This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat.
We need to do more than win an election or win the House or win the presidency, my friends: we need to make this beloved country of ours God's country once again.
At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing.