So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.

One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question.

My goal is to appeal to as many people as I can. I'm not looking to leave country, but I do want to have more international success.

Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.