I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

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 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.

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

Poverty is apt to strike suddenly like influenza, it is well to have a few memories of extravagance in store for bad times.

Be careful of your thoughts they may become words at any moment.

Of course [I'm a feminist]. And everyone I know is a feminist.

Love sees all; hate is blind.

Dad never ceased to remind my mother of his love for her.

I was able to afford a car that didn't break down every five minutes.

One must take what comes, with laughter.

Beautiful things never last. That’s why fireflies flash.

It is an unpleasant thing to go to bed without supper, it is a still less pleasant thing not to sup and not to know where one is to sleep.

I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are still together, but not only that, they're still in love and still write together.