Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for writing a song.

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.

Most everything means nothing, except some things that mean everything.

You must always know how long to stay; and when to go.

I think there are times when a song can be a spiritual experience - just making music, in general, is pretty much that.

Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is a really great way to help you to feel sad when you need to.

I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling. The whole patriarchal thing, the whole male-dominated approach, really bothered me.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

I don't necessarily buy any key to the future of happiness, but I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die.

But darling, I wish you well On your way to the wishing well

Make your life a meaningful one

The enchanted day is only enchanted if we ourselves believe that anything is possible.

Let your heart be an infant of hope not an adult of despair.

...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...

Manners are not idle, but the fruit of loyal and of noble mind.

I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc.

Yelling Irish you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.

The future belongs to those who are passionate and work hard.

It's really very easy for me to be in The Cardinals, because I bring my voice, my guitar, and my songs to them, and then we all play around to find out what works.

For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts.