As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly.

The key to change is to let go of fear.

Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.

Reading inspirational and motivational quotes daily is like taking my vitamins.

I was down with Lucinda Williams and Mary Chapin-Carpenter. We did an acoustic tour, just the three of us, three chicks and three guitars

For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.

If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end

I was angry at my parents when I had to have brain surgery, that they weren't still around, because no matter how old you are you want you parents when you're going through something like that.

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

The next presumption is always valid: one's knowledge corresponds toone's intellectual capacity.

I'm definitely not a follower. This is our job. This is what we do. If you're not having fun here, you shouldn't be here.

Once you see the good in someone, it's hard not to notice the good in everyone.

People loving people. That's the enemy of everything that's evil

I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it?

And to kill time while awaiting death, I smoke slender cigarettes thumbing my nose to the gods.

The more of himself man attributes to God, the less he has left in himself.

When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying.

The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.

It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another.