Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind.

It’s necessary to admit that there's no universal truth about right and wrong when the subjects of your writings come rightly from your heart.

It's all right to drill your crew, but why not drill the passengers.

A patient dog will have no bone to eat because other dogs have eaten

The only thing more important than your to-do list is your to-be list. The only thing more important than your to-be list is to be. ~

This isn't about guilt or innocence, he says. The dinosaurs weren't morally good or bad, but they're all dead.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

I love going out of my comfort zone—I live to go out of my comfort zone. Obviously, you have quieter years than others—you don’t go jumping out of a plane every day.

The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.

Edward helped, making faces every so often at the raw ingredients-human food was mildly repulsive to him.

It's almost impossible to make the case that Bush is a conservative. That may be good; that may be bad.