I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs.

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written

The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

Self Mastery is the ability to maneuver through life without the mind or emotional attachment. It is being a mindfully present observer instead of the mind identified perceiver.

You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.

Well, while I'm here I'll do the work — and what's the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow.

Art like life, should be free, since both are experimental.

Rock music is stronger than sports. That's why. Rock rules. Around the world, who's more famous: Willie Mays or Paul McCartney?

If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.

Understanding has very specific component parts. These component parts are affinity, reality and communication.

It’s your fault. I was defending you!” I blurted. He paused. “In protecting my honor, you exposed months of work. I should be flattered?

I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.

There was light born on the darkest day, but no-one wants to know, and no-one wants to Cry