I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

The key to change is to let go of fear.

Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.

Reading inspirational and motivational quotes daily is like taking my vitamins.

I was down with Lucinda Williams and Mary Chapin-Carpenter. We did an acoustic tour, just the three of us, three chicks and three guitars

For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.

If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end

I was angry at my parents when I had to have brain surgery, that they weren't still around, because no matter how old you are you want you parents when you're going through something like that.

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

If you want to change someone, start and end with yourself. You're all you've got control over.yes, other people can change.no, you can’t change other people.

How can we fully appreciate the redemption Jesus performed unless we fully understand from what we were redeemed?

I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.

People love the electric rake. You just hit it or whatever you want to do. You can't play 'Swanee River' on it. You have to just make terrible noise. Occasionally, it will make a sound like a note.

People don't think their dreams amount to much, but when I ask them to examine them for common themes, they surprise themselves at how accurate they are! They see that their dreams have value.

Ahhh, Wade. Wade, you're just so stupid.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

It's funny: I've been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don't really have an agent - I don't really pursue jobs, I let people come to me.

What is one man's gain is another's loss.

Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.