I've never been the kind of person who would get up and wave my arms and scream and shout and say, 'Hey, listen to this, listen to this.

Some girls are bright as the morning / And some girls are blessed with a dark turn of mind.

There's a world of troubleTrying to take its turn I can hear it shaking undergroundAnd half a dozen lessons I might never learn Not until them troubles come around.

I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives in traditional Southern American music.

The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.

Free man is by necessity insecure thinking man is by necessity uncertain.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

You don’t know what it’s like to be alone until you’ve had someone inside your head.

You must always be a-waggle with LOVE.

Discouragement is of all ages: In youth it is a presentiment, in old age a remembrance.

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.

I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.

One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.

One cannot live a creative life without first letting go of the fear of being wrong.