Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.

It started out slowly, it's coming on fast. I got a feeling it's gonna last. Timber, I'm falling in love.

Life's about changing. Nothing ever stays the same.

I'm a combination of Linda Ronstadt, Loretta Lynn and Ralph Stanley.

I try to think about Elvis, Memphis, Oprah in the afternoon.

I try to think about Shakespeare, leap year, the Beatles.

After living out of a suitcase for years, it's a feeling of peace to wake up in the night and know where I am.

My dad never missed a day of work, and he was always smiling when he came home.

Once, a union job at GM or AT&T was a bridge to success. Now, a nonunion Wal-Mart job is a bridge to nowhere.

God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us.

Knowledge comes Of learning well retain'd, unfruitful else.

That got me a look so intense I was unable to interpret it - like the way cats sometimes fix on you. What they mean by the look is completely beyond understanding; but it's meant for you, you alone.

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

For some reason, I was born without a sense of embarrassment or shame.

Time is a part of eternity, and of the same piece with it.

All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.