I don't necessarily buy any key to the future of happiness, but I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die.

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.

Most everything means nothing, except some things that mean everything.

You must always know how long to stay; and when to go.

I think there are times when a song can be a spiritual experience - just making music, in general, is pretty much that.

Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is a really great way to help you to feel sad when you need to.

I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling. The whole patriarchal thing, the whole male-dominated approach, really bothered me.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for writing a song.

But darling, I wish you well On your way to the wishing well

You aren’t meant to fit in. Your fierce warrior spirit is meant to tear down old systems that lack integrity.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics.

Fear's contagious, but so is courage.

When folks get to the best of their profession, people are like, "Who am I to give a critique to this individual who's reached mastery?".

Thinking is difficult and sometimes unpleasant.

I want to die while you love me, While yet you hold me fair, While laughter lies upon my lips, And lights are in my hair.

God measures out affliction to our need.

MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG.

It's a total failure of the Western imagination that the only enemy they can see is Adolph Hitler.