I was raised in South Alabama in the woods, y'know? I'm country.

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.

When you experience having nothing you value everything - and that applies to all aspects of life.

There is no corruption but mere stealing in Nigeria.

Heaven is not for good people, it's for forgiven people.

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

I forgot how much I loved going to class, actually. But I also forgot what having school homework feels like: stressful!

My life is so boring that your brains are going to melt and come out of your eyes.

To pray in the name of Christ is to pray as one who is at one with Christ, whose minid is the mind of Christ, whose desires are the desires of Christ, and whose purpose is one with that of Christ.

The larger society has to recognize some degree of autonomy for the minority: the right to practice their own religion and way of life and to some extent their language.

The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest.

If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax?