Tolerance ain't the same as acceptance, even though we all wish it was.

I grew up in the South and once you get raised on Jesus, it is kind of always a part of you even if you are a pagan, really.

It's all right if things don't change today. We're gonna keep doing what we do. The world can either catch up or not.

I think the musicians I play with solo do a certain thing that the musicians we play with with the Indigo Girls don't do. It's just a different thing. And it sort of steers my writing in some ways.

Music is such a good way to resist. It keep you strong, it has dignity.

Your hatred is rooted in your fear, and your paranoia and insecurities, well they don't belong here.

When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.

I mean, I really, really love playing solo. Definitely, it's like a labor of love, it's not a huge career. It's not that successful, but it's something I love so much that I'll do it regardless.

It's important to have a voice; it's more important to use it.

I do think within any job you do, you have a chance to serve the community.

An idealist who couldn't cope becomes cynical.

It is only when we go outside that comfort zone, and subject ourselves to the discomfort of considering thoughts we don’t agree with, that we can make an informed judgment on any matter.

Human hearts are such pathetic, frail little things… like Ego wrapped in needy insecurity stuffed inside a glass box, so easily shattered.

To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context.

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.

The true Christian loves his Savior with his whole heart and wants nothing to do with the sin that nailed his Redeemer to the cross.

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable of more rational means of communication.

I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.

When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness.

I think at some point you have to empower others and really allow everyone else to do what they're hired to do and what they're brought onto the team to do.