I'm just a guy that sings songs because that's what he likes to do, I guess.

I was kind of pathetic. That's what got me playing out in the street. I ran out of money and needed more gin for the night.

I don't care too much for thinking about the past. The truth is just another story. You can remember it any way you want; it's never gonna be the same twice.

I've been playing one way or another since I was about three years old. I don't remember not knowing how to play any instruments.

I don't think music is an art any more than cooking food is an art.

Some guy is good at putting these verses together, and some guy is good at singing them. That's just the way it is.

I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who do this with sheet music.

I don't associate much with anybody. I'm not big on all the teachings and groups and being a part of something, I guess.

I was born or raised in the church, so I guess the first songs I would have played would have been church songs.

I just started playing music on the street and walking around with a fiddle, and I think that's kind of when I started being serious - or as serious as it's going to get.

I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in my head or whatever you call it and drinking too much.

Never despise the talents you have. It is by them that you will do something that has not yet come into existence until you were born.

Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.

... your father has two secrets. You, Kip are not one of them.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.

The driving motivation of a new American endeavor in Iraq and in neighboring Arab lands should be modernizing the Arab world.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

All I will tell you is that I play a small role in someone's happily ever after.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

We all have angels guiding us...They look after us. They heal us, touch us, comfort us with invisible warm hands...What will bring their help? Asking. Giving thanks.