I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

You can't roll a joint on an iPod, buy vinyl.

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.

Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Just make sure you do so.

I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.

I am very picky about my people and my beer.

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.

I like rules that are broken.

I like to make great albums.

I didn't go to college.

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

Once God leads you to make a decision, don’t draw back. Instead, trust His leading, and believe He goes before you—because He does.

I just felt as though I would never be happy again, and as if I had fallen into a big black hole.

Science has succeeded to poetry, no less in the little walks of children than with men. Is there no possibility of averting this sore evil?

When we receive God's gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.

The easiest programs to use are those which demand the least new learning from the user

All that I'm concerned about is that my fans understand & that they like the music.

It was great to play for a live audience on a stage.

A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.

It was a big story and yesterday's soup. Who cares?