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" Robert Plant, Kenny Chesney, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, this incredible array of folks, all taught me a way to carry yourself with dignity. "

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" I really love what Chuck Berry did with Christmas music, and also the Rat Pack Christmas stuff, which I listened to all through my childhood. "

" Set lists are like movies. They need a great beginning, a dynamic shift in the middle, and bang at the end. "

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" There's something to be said for being sleepy-eyed. I love sleepy eyes - that sort of vulnerability of being slightly discombobulated because you don't know where you are. But I like that vulnerability. It's sexy to me. "

" We are all just the tip of a pinprick of the millions of things that had to happen in order for us to be here. "

" I know what it takes to gain a fan. "

" I admire pop stars, and there's parts of that world I'm glad I don't have to go through. It takes a lot of work to do the things they do. "

" I'm legally blind in one eye, and one eye is a totally different size than the other, and I have, like, a weird crossed-eye thing. "

" What I'm wearing changes everything about how the show goes. If I'm wearing blue jeans and flannel, it's going to be a country show, and I'm going to get my twang on. But if I'm wearing a flapper dress, fringe or sequins, I'm rocking out, Tina Turner style. "

" For dramas, I love 'Downton Abbey.' I'm a sucker for the BBC. "

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" There's nothing less sexy than a girl falling over on stage. I have fallen once, but it had nothing to do with my shoes. I'm legally blind, so I fell over a monitor because the stage was black, and I had no depth perception. Mortifying. "

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