There never was a time in our history when ignorance of current affairs could be so dangerous.

You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history

Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but its good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or maybe they thought I'd find out that's what I didn't want to do.

From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, "I survived."

I was just a very torn child, very wounded in so many areas, with no family support. I happened to the be the fifth child of my family. So everybody was already grown and had left home already.

I don't know if Hillary [Clinton] was saying it in a sarcastic manner, but I'm very proud to have the endorsement of the NRA.

If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck.

I've always been fascinated with the strong emotional ties that music can have. A song can bring you back to a place or a season of life like no other art form can.

I would rather be a swineherd, understood by the swine, than a poet misunderstood by men.