Most people in life, give up too early.

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

My all-time favorite skin cream is from Poland. Its called Eva Natura with Polish herbs, including rosemary. It smells wonderful and is soothing and comforting.

In all the years together You've shared joy, and contentment too Long may it continue In the years ahead, for the both of you

I believe we stand strongly against having the tax code used to make the income disparity in America any worse than it already.

The older I get...the more of my mother I see in myself.

My life goal is not to ruin anyone's existence. I'm a comic.

I don't want to kick people in the face with my music, I'm just vibing. It's a very cool vibe.

In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the statue of true potential.

Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither.