My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.

Sing Me no songs tell me no tales cry me no tears, but remember me kindly.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

Things work out the way they're meant to

Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.

I play music - I write my own music, but I play music, just background music really, and just let it happen.

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.

The right wing walks the walk; the left wing taxes the people that walk the walk

I don't think you can represent the country properly if you're not a healthy person.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

Always, when I get onto horseback, I'm kind of terrified of being up there.

You have to define how much of a cultural politician you are as a performer. There are times where I just want to remain a civilian.

Every rose that is sweet-scented within, That rose is telling of the secrets of the Universal.

Those who have come to an impasse should examine their original intentions; those who have succeeded should note where they are heading.