I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do.

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.

It’s not the light that’s attracting me, but the darkness that’s driving me on.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd. We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.

We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem.

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.

This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you.

You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.

I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.

It's more fun if you can control things like lighting and make special effects in the darkroom.