For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.

The key to change is to let go of fear.

Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.

Reading inspirational and motivational quotes daily is like taking my vitamins.

I was down with Lucinda Williams and Mary Chapin-Carpenter. We did an acoustic tour, just the three of us, three chicks and three guitars

For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end

I was angry at my parents when I had to have brain surgery, that they weren't still around, because no matter how old you are you want you parents when you're going through something like that.

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting.

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton

Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.

The price of excellence is labor, and time that of immortality.

I'm realistic. Getting to everybody is not the goal here. The people you can affect in any way - that's who you want to get to.

It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.

When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters-first and foremost-how they behave.

If an unexpected temptation comes, don't blame the one through whom it came, but seek out the reason. Thus you will find correction for your soul.

My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.

There's nothing sentimental about a machine, and: A poem is a small (or large) machine made of words.