I love being a gypsy and getting on the bus with the band making sounds for the people who love and enjoy a night of Americana and good times.

You can't roll a joint on an iPod, buy vinyl.

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.

Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Just make sure you do so.

I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.

I am very picky about my people and my beer.

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.

I like rules that are broken.

I like to make great albums.

I didn't go to college.

The attempt of trying to solve a problem without analyzing responsibilities is like trying to understand why a gun was shot without talking to the one using it.

It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.

When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

I see a lot of people use the Paleo diet as an excuse to eat bacon for every meal. That's a bit much.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.

I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see.

Unity should be the cornerstone of relations

Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.

Christianity is completely and radically anti-democratic; it is committed to spiritual aristocracy.