Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight, someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight.

Everywhere you go, there's a soundtrack. You can't really quite hear it. It's just a little out of the range of hearing.

When the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby, it helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky.

Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.

Ninety-nine percent of singing is listening and hearing, and so then 1 percent of it is singing.

I think musicians are always supportive of each other because they want the groove to keep going on. They just basically want to play music.

I think there's mind in nature. There's a power in nature, and there's a universal power that you'd better not ignore.

Should’ is my all time least favoriteword! It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up ourselves andothers.

I don't necessarily look for dark themes; they just seem to appear.

Don't judge. Don't stay inside all the time. Get out and let somebody know who you are.

Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers.

I'm not even supposed to be here today.

To me, the fans just seem so loyal, above anything, which is amazing. What more can you ask for in a fan?

The authors of great evils know best how to remove them.

Magic is the projection of natural energies to produce needed effects.

Don't ever hit a person first, but if anybody ever puts their hands on you, you hit them right between the eyes.

So all my best is dressing old words new.