I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school.

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.

An Educated Woman is an Empowered Woman.

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with its fall but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

You can have a wedding at Fenway Park.

Live in the moment that you are in.

My big thing is that I love to write. I want continue writing and performing.

The beautiful result often astonishes us when our mind becomes oblivious to the work done with our heart.

Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado.

Once Jesus had blazed the trail, his twelve disciples could carry on his mission without his presence.

I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.