I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is.

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.

I still can remember some of the poems and proverbs, I learnt in my childhood.

I still have people from my past who treat me wrong, i thank them for making me strong.

You’re the prettiest thing I’ve seen fall from the sky today.

The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my house, following me to work... Then Tom Brokaw and everybody else was doing stories, 'A star is born.'

It's hard being the guy that brings in a song, because you're very, you know, it can be something that you get too sensitive about.

The only way that a mother would go after her own children is if she's just completely gone and has no humanity.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

My body is a compass - and it does not lie.

I do believe I am special. My special gift is my vision, my commitment, and my willingness to do whatever it takes.