Tiffany Darwish

“If it's going to make you happy, go for it - life is short.”

“Before I even got signed as a teen, I was singing with people like Hoyt Axton and Mickey Gilley. I worked with Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.”

“I think before, in the '80s, it was more about fashion and music videos and a lot of radio: getting out there and the fans learning who you were and your music.”

“People do think I was a one-hit wonder, that I'm maybe not the kind of singer that I can really be - that impression is there. I have to work really hard to break down those walls.”

“I'm not a one-hit wonder who got lucky. This really is my life. I was born with this talent, and this is what I meant to be. I'm totally grateful.”

“I pinch myself daily.”

“I am a redhead and was a tomboy for many years.”

“I guess getting used to sleeping on the tour bus has been the hardest thing - that and settling for whatever food you can get on the road.”

“No, I wasn't really suing my mother. I was just trying to get in control of my finances and my life. My stepfather has only wanted me around for my money, and he threatened to leave my mothe...”

“I'm thankful for what I've got, but I'm cramming all my money into a trust fund because I don't ever want to look around and wonder where all my money went.”

“With 'A Million Miles,' I still was proving myself as a writer and as a vocalist. It gave me the platform to tour again.”

“The writing process really became natural when it was real and from my heart, and I was exposed.”

“I think, probably, being a young artist, there were a lot of things I thought I knew and I wanted to do, and I was like, 'Oh! That's what I want to do.' And then it took me in a different di...”