A lot of people have many misconceptions about religion. I know what I'm talking about for myself. My mind is very ordered, so to speak. I need to put things in order.

I have a full life off the road. I was never in it just for the money or the career. That's why I'm comfortable with myself. I know who I am out of the spotlight.

If you're performing for the right reasons, it's glorious.

Sometimes I think I know everything, but I also underestimate what God really is.

I was guaranteed a hundred thousand dollars a year for five years, which was big money in the early 60's. You think, acquiring that should cool you out, but for me it wasn't true.

When you have too many beers, you become like a control freak on everything.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Danny could see it in their faces when they shook Steve’s hand—they’d have preferred him dead. Death allowed for the illusion of heroism. The maimed turned that illusion into an uncomfortable odor.

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

I was so ready to become a mom. Actually, I was ready secondarily to become a mom. I was so ready to have the intimacy and commitment of marriage.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly.

I've been here a long time working for women. These are long years and this is an unusual legislator.

Is it wrong to leave relative security in favor of unknown risk at the side of someone you love?

I feel like I've gotten to a point where I don't know if it can get much bigger. I've been climbing and I feel very happy.

I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

I'm actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I've had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.