I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

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.

I couldn't possibly repeat the words he used .They were so unsettling that I sent Nancy indoors to find my spectacles.

Leaves leave this world in beautiful fall colors and songs.

Where would we be without inhibitions? Theyre quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them.

The coolest thing about the music industry is that it's super collaborative and based on relationships and mutual respect.

Guantanamo has become the gulag of our time.

But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on.

I have been so damn lucky to be able to do what I love my entire life. I never take that for granted.

You can go into all sorts of situations with a camera and people will think they should serve it.

When I was going to school in, like, '84 to '88, you didn't have cell phones. There was no e-mail, if you can wrap your brain around that.

I can do this thing called the 'eyebrow wave,' where I can move my eyebrows in a...wave-ular motion, whatever you call it. I feel like all the teen magazines have sucked me dry of my cool talents.