She said she wasn't afraid of Satan, in fact, she thought he was a joke. She said she'd tear his tail off and run her fist down his throat.

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.

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

Think and imagine the possibilities of your heart's desires. You will attract them to you.

Even if you communicate sincerely and your intentions are upright, if people don’t have trust, they speculate your every move...

Lingering is so very lonely when one lingers all alone.

(Everyday life is like a sack: with holes. And you carry it anyway.)

We don't know something called elections in Libya. We are a muslim country. We don't know something called colonialism and political parties.

College was a wonderful time - except, of course, when it was trying to teach you things.

Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important.

Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself.

Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.