I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry when technology started to take over.

Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter.

I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

I do love to perform. And I'm ever so grateful that this has turned into a job with a future.

A Grammy is a wonderful thing; all of a sudden you're given a new audience but, like anything, you have to be able to grow with these songs if you really want a long artistic career.

I didn't not perform.

Don't cry out loud, keep it inside, learn how to hide your feelings. Fly high and proud, and if you should fall, remember you almost had it all.

You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.

As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.

If we don't think about our death until we die, how can we decide how we want to live?

They all had darkened eyes, eyes that seemed to have a hunger behind them. Borne out of the private convulsions only secret passions can provoke.

Most probably your belief system is screwed up. And so were your ancestors, before you. And now, maybe so are you. Overcome it, you!

I don't mind being alone either. The only problem is that if you're always alone, you get lonely.

Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.

The world keeps ending but new people too dumb to know it keep showing up as if the fun's just started.

I don't believe anybody can really grasp everything that's even in one textbook.

Even the atheists, who have pretended to disbelieve in God, have believed in Truth.

Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's stuff.