There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play.

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.

In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.

I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

God looks like a guidance counselor, God's got that smile. God says, 'How could this be? That's really odd I guess I'll have to check my records, silly me, you know, I'm only God.'

And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends

Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.

If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Every failure if you let it is an opportunity to reinvent yourself and move forward.

Silence by any other name is called shame.

Like the wind, Grace finds us wherever we are and won't leave us however we were found.

It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days, we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.

Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family.

How can you hide from what never goes away? --Heraclitus

Hard-core structural poverty has a counterpart at the apex: hard-core structural affluence.

There's a lot of labor involved in the birth of a new town.

That’s Narmer with the spoon,” I guessed. “Angry because the other bloke stole his breakfast cereal?