Im constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.

Even though I like looking good - don't get me wrong - but if I don't want to, I don't have to.

They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.

I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

Sometimes when you're in a more fast-paced place, with more to see and do, you miss out on things like nature and beautiful, God-made things. They call it "God's country"!

Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.

I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isnt a song that I need to sing.

As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.

The point is to raise your voice and be heard to God. You really are just celebrating being in the presence of other people that believe the same things you believe.

I mean, roots musicians - we can get old, you know? We can get up there and wear overalls and deliver the songs, we don't have to look any certain way.

Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow.

The more we are true to ourselves, the more we can connect with and contribute to the world.

Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice.

I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.

I'm in favor of progress; it's change I don't like.

The pen has shaken nations.

I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.

Machines are designed not to be random. When you call up a word processing program on your computer, you don't want it to be different every time you call it up. You want it to stay the same.

Number one rule for fiction: Coincidence can be used to worsen a characters predicament, but never to solve his problems.

To begin with, let us take the following motto...Literature is Love. Now we can continue.