People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for

I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode.

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.

I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.

New York has always embraced me.

Im not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.

Go into something because you really like it, and then do it with a drive and enthusiasm so that it isn't work.

I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're from, urban or rural, there are people that are hurting each other everywhere.

I know that I may never be a star. This could all just go away at any time. I know that just because I have a record out doesn't mean I'm going to make it

Jesus Christ opposed with earnest eloquence the panic fears and hateful superstitions which have enslaved mankind for ages.

Nature isn't classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you'd better make it quantum mechanical, and by golly it's a wonderful problem, because it doesn't look so easy.

There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work.