I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was a teenager, but now because I write about it all in my songs, that's what I'm really doing.

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for

I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode.

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.

Love is always more than friendship.

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.

Everyone tells you it's all right to cry, but not enough people say it's all right if you don't want people to know.

No worries and no goodbyes, just give me a smile.

Childhood and adulthood were not factors of age but states of mind.

Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.

If there is such a thing as sin in this world, I think it must be shutting oneself up against hope.

Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies.

Everybody that I meet inspires me. You can learn so much from any person that you meet any day on the side of the street.

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