About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas.

You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

In this world, you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings.

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.

Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.

Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?

We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.

Was it a light only she could see? A gypsy's spell? A mystery?

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world- Can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby

Lets build a happy little cloud.Lets build some happy little trees.

It's hard for the White House to regain momentum if the Congress is in disarray. It ties up the Republicans in Congress and limits their ability to execute any White House agenda.

I think it's important that there is a change, especially in fashion.

Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.

You're never safe from being surprised until you're dead.

You've got to be in the moment and respond to what you're feeling. I try to simplify it as much as possible.

Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.

Hey! Sorry, lady, but nobody's staking anybody at this party! I hung a disco ball for this.

That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - don't look back with any regrets, that's how I made decisions as governor.

I thought I'd explained it clearly before. Bella, I can't live in a world where you don't exist.