Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter.

If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.

That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.

If it's not too late, make it a cheese-burger

What would we do if we didn't try? We have to try.

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.

Barbecue sauce is like a beautiful woman. If it's too sweet, it's bound to be hiding something.

Home is where my horse is.

When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.

You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you.

Man, I need to impress her, cause I'd like to undress her.

The manifest of gratitude is hundred-fold blessings.

This time I felt my own face redden. Talking with this woman was like sitting still for a series of slaps, delivered arhythmically so you couldn't know when the next one was coming.

No one is so poor that they cannot give, and no one is so rich that they cannot receive.

Fun stands for finally understnding nothing. And that's what's fun about fun, you don't have to get it.

If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.

I don't have any jokes about my divorce or my ex-husband, who is a lovely person. It really is about how I was an idiot trying to push this guy to get married when I wasn't even sure if I wanted to.

Nothing comes easy, but as long as you're breathing, you're always one breath away from making your dreams a reality. Make every breath count.

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.

Did business with Qatar, a US ally which protects al-Qaeda.

Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.