I have a bunch of information in my head that I'm not afraid to put in song or onto a canvas. Into any conversation.

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

Communication by touch is not for every old dutch.

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.

I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.

I'm tired of going to an empty bedroom every night. I wish I had a girl I could cuddle with

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?

There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them

Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.

When you flop, that's just another message that you don't know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man.

In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).