I have weathered many different storms and I know who I am and my friends know who I really am.

I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.

Everything was going for me, I didn't even know the meaning of the word insecurity and suddenly I am surrounded by words like operation, cancer, chemotherapy, radiation.

When I do get the chance I just love to hang around at home with friends and family.

I believe that in music and in a lot of things it's kind of like surfing, you can have a really big wave sometimes and then you can have a smaller wave.

Anybody who has gone through a life-changing experience will tell you there is a different understanding of what is real and what is important, and when you are going through different moments, you can reflect and go, 'I have been through worse.'