Cynicism is for lightweights.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

In the end only kindness matters.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Live your life with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon.

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Reality is what you believe it to be. It's what you put your thought and energy into, because your hands physically manifest thought. So your world becomes what you feel and what you think.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

Worrying cannot change a thing, but faith can change everything.

I look at life as being cruise director on the Titanic. I may not get there, but I'm going first class.

B.B. King will be remembered for his impressive skills on the guitar, that King defined the blue genre.

All's fair in love and purchasing.

In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.

When you make a great record, it's around forever.

Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.

Sisterhood - that is, primary and bonding love from women - is, like motherhood, a capacity, not a destiny. It must be chosen, exercised by acts of will.

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.

The progress of the world means more enjoyment and more misery too.