I know there's a balance, I see it when I swing past.

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.

Love without conditions.

In the cold dark days of the winter, dream about the flowers to get warmed up!

Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Mother is the home we come from. She is nature, soil, ocean.

Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

If you respect people, and you pay them well, they will do anything for you

My parents explained: "You can either have a big Christmas and birthday present or we'll go abroad." We'd say: "Let's go abroad!" We had a lovely childhood.

Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens up.

I changed my life today. What did you do?