I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.

Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and the downtrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like Abraham Lincoln with a wild side. He represented the best of America.

I've been a radical for a long time. I guess it's too bad. I'd be more marketable as a right-wing redneck.

The only reality is in the moment. What you are doing counts.

Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.

I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.

If you can't get out of something, get into it.

Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.

Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.

You’ll never have the chance to work this stuff out unless you give yourself the chance.

I do my very best to avoid shark fin.

I see things as they happen pretty quick, and I just go hit it.

Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.

When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

When people ask me to name the Ligonier teaching material they should use to help them grow; I tell them, 'You should start with The Holiness of God.'

It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no.

Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.