If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

It's better to have three broken engagements than three divorces.

It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

I'm standing in the desert, waiting for my ship to come in.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

He warned that any church that ignored reality would not survive to enjoy the divine.

Don't mind her. She keeps her nose so high in the air, she's liable to drown in a good rainstorm.

The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

Be real and unashamed. Even of your faults.

Animals can always read your vibration, and if you are intent on empowering your life, they will often gift you by making special melodies of sound to balance your chakras and tune up your body.

How can we be isolating ourselves when it's 16 to 3 in NATO for what we want to do?

Rock, meet stubborn place.

Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.

At the end of the day, the Grammys are about recognizing genres that are making an impact.

What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life.