Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible.

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows.

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

A poem isn't selfish. It speaks to people.

[Camila] was quite incapable of establishing any harmony between the claims of her art, of her appetites, or her dreams, and of her crowded daily routine. Each of these was a world in itself.

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

The face of the sun is not without expression, but it tells us precious little of what is in its heart.

Labour Party members must all be free to criticise and oppose injustice and abuse wherever we find it.

Getting out of one car and getting into another

Chasing records doesn't keep me on my bike. Happiness does.

Life- ride it until the wheels fall off.

I'm a big believer in online communities and in user-generated content.

There are very interesting controversies within evolution; however, whether evolution occurs is not one of them. It definitely does.