I'm a book girl--I love all the stories the world has to offer. No matter the book, I will taste it and drink it down.

Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad get even.

I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpretation of a song, I miss it. I just miss it.

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

I don't like watchingpeople get shot so I would be a little skittish about that - squeamish, but I must say, I don't think the argument that this is going to offend Muslims is a legitimate argument.

No society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace.

I paint - I tend more to abstraction - but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture - I've toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course.

Don't think about what you've left behind... everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever.

To love is to undress our names.

time wasted is not always a waste of time.