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

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.

An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind.

Some day people will ask me what is the key to my success...and I will simply say, "good Karma.

Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it.

He had no chance of beating Schmeichel from there, but it was always worth a try.

Mountains are where heaven meets earth.

If you say 'Good Morning' in America and it's five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.

until you are master over the earth and air and water and fire in yourself, how can you be master of the elements of Nature?

You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal—no one will see it. But when a button is missing—everyone sees that.

But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.

It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

It's not just a sunset; it's a moonrise too.