I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

I also love real estate and decorating.

How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?

Push today for what you want tomorrow!

silence in the lightover thick bamboo leaves, the sunmagical yellow- Tara Estacaan, Day's Crown Haiku

Don't underestimate the allure of darkness. Even the purest hearts are drawn to it.

Truth is that which does not contaminate you, but empowers you. Therefore, there are degrees of truth, but, generically, truth is that which can do no harm. It cannot harm.

Freedom is the fundamental character of the will, as weight is of matter... That which is free is the will. Will without freedom is an empty word.

Love is at once more animal than friendship and more divine.

We can not imaging the pain, You must all be feeling At the loss of Your loving son But just to let you know You are in our thoughts, At this very sad time.

Full of troubles, the mind is still the only Garden of Delight.

Investing is fun and exciting, but dangerous if you don't do any work.

If I get that thing down there in that area, that's 67% lifetime. If you don't believe me, Google it. I'm on the Internet.