Old wisdom out of the cluster of gathering shadows.

In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.

Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the cold wind.

As soon as the seal was clear of the water, it reared up and its skin slipped down to the sand. What had been a seal was a white-skinned boy

Think of working forever at something you love to do, for [the] one you love with all your heart, and never getting tired! We will never know weariness in heaven.

I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street.

You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.

Get the winners into the game.

That's good when you don't know what you're doing. But you're doing it and it's spontaneous and you're not afraid.

Presuasion is what you say immediately before you deliver your message that leverages your success tremendously.

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.

Getting a project started is like moving a ship. It takes a lot of energy to build up momentum.

We don't get our shoulds, we get our musts.

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.