I do think that there's art that is tortured, but I prefer art that has the joy in it.

The real desk isn't one with four legs and a filing cabinet. It's the space of time that you stake out every day and the will with which you defend it.

I'm looking over rooftops, and I'm hoping it ain't true, that the same God looks out for them, looks out for me and you.

Fear only has as much power as we give it space.

Every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied.

I'm singing for the love of it/Have mercy on the man who sings to be adored.

Mud and water and the stumps of trees. In every direction that was all there was. Bodies fell, but the trees died standing up.

Its been a long time coming but now the snow is gone

Around mile 20 I was feeling so good, I wanted to kiss everyone.

God can give or take away, Well who would make such an awful rule.

You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.

If asked how much money one requires in life, the answer should be so much as to maintain the parents lifestyle growing the way it has been as long as they are alive.

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

Appearances can be misleading. You just never know what’s inside someone until he’s tested.

Why do you look like that, Duane?""Like what, Cletus?""Like your heart is diseased.

According to a new UN report, the global warming outlook is much worse than originally predicted. Which is pretty bad, when they originally predicted it would destroy the planet.

I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues.

It's very nice to feel. You're nothing. You're just nothing when you're near a volcano.

Politics are always involved, even in my love songs.

You can't use a drawing to prove a war crime. A drawing doesn't have that notion that it's proof of a reality. Because of that, you can do all sorts of interesting things in it.