Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

We may know who we are or we may not. We may be Muslims, Jews or Christians but until our hearts become the mould for every heart we will see only our differences.

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support.

Old radicals never changed. They just got law degrees and updated their bag of tricks.

I'm not regimented. I don't diet, and I exercise the way I want to.

My dad was a great dad.

I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.

When I took my first poetry class, I felt that I could understand the relationships between words and the formal qualities of language in a way I would never understand music.

Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level.

I'm gonna hunker down like a jack rabbit in a dust storm

We learned to build our emotional muscles, helping us make it through major market falls and grind through the trying times without losing our equilibrium.

There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can go.

The more you know, the better you can imagine.