I don't have a Madonna-sized fan base, so I can actually e-mail and talk to everyone that e-mails me, because I am totally appreciative and I like my fans!

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a spy detective or a rock star.

I wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep.

Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years.

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

I think Im different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine.

I would go to heaven, if I believed in heaven.

And we laughed, at the world. They can have their diamonds, And we'll have our pearls

I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough.

My mom wore the pants in the family, for sure. I always say, that I spent my childhood trying to get the love and attention of my mom, and now I can't get rid of it.

I am doomed or fortunate to stick to what I do best.

An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.

You take care of family first, friends second, and neighbors when you can.

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life.

The government has nothing to give to anybody that it doesn't first take from someone else.

The average for entrepreneurs is 3.8 failures before they finally make it in business.

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.

A world is to be fought for, sung, and built: Love must imagine the world.

Akhlys lunged at Percy, and for a split second he thought: Well, hey, I’m just smoke. She can’t touch me, right? He imagined the Fates up in Olympus, laughing at his wishful thinking: LOL, NOOB!

Be focused on process and not outcome