I was sensitive to music and poetry, and it was around me growing up.

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.

The Bishop blessed him and helped him to his feet."May God have mercy on you, " he said. And erased him from his heart.

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors.

All that really matters is I have two beautiful kids, and I'm trying to be the best dad I can possibly be, and that's the most important thing of all.

A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.

If think the pig was terrified because he was fully aware that after segment he was going to be fed to Al Roker.

My music came up from the soil of North Carolina.

Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your life in Hoboken isn't Faulkneresque.

No person can get very far in this life on a 40 hour week.

My life is a very interior and solitary life. I tend not to care that much about external things.

It is almost impossible to write fiction about the Mormons, for the reason that Mormon institutions and Mormon society are so peculiar that they call for constant explanation.