Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.

Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!

Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life the best.

I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.

I've always been a very prolific writer.

It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me.

I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.

You are ... who you are... you can't change that.

It was too lonely to be heaven, and there wouldn't be stars in hell.

Only the moon's smile can cure the unseen scars of darkness

Carry your light to every dark corner.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind.

Take dem shoes off your teeth and stop running your mouth.

There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

The opposite of manliness isn't cowardice; it's technology.