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It was painful, but sometimes you must have these painful moments where you tear yourself away from something that isn't working.

If you're performing music that is not who you are or where you're at, it is painful. It's painful for the performer and for the audience.

Performing was something I could cling to. It was the only thing I had some control over and that's why I did it. If I hadn't, I'm not sure which way I'd have gone.

I was hurting. I had some ailments I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out.

When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.

I was onstage one night and was singing. I hit one note, and I just doubled over. It was like being punched hard in the back. I couldn't put my back up on the plane seat because of the pain. I got massages, thinking it was muscle spasms. The doctor told me at the time that it was my pancreas. I didn't even know.

Just performing is where I'm happiest, and gets me rid of my troubles and worries.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.

I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.