To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's an element of alienation in your life.

Baby booty, juicy fruity, truck stop cutie, road side beauty, I'm in love with you.

It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.

I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it front of other people. They need to hear it, and you need them to hear it.

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.

Shower the people you love with love.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine, to hit me from behind, and I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.

I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.

You are the author of your life. If you don't like how it goes, write it differently.

Some people choose to be wrong just to prove they were always right...

I know that suffering is one place where He ministers to us the most. So to think that we've had our quota would be foolish. I am just longing for the day when all the pain stops.

It is in the center of a stable self-love that you will find the confidence and safety you want.

God had to do something IN me before He could do something THROUGH me.

The way to real growth is not to become more powerful or more famous, but to become more human and more tolerant.

[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.

If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.

Religion is intended to facilitate hope and faith. Much like a path is intended to facilitate a journey.