It's impossible for me to think of music as a contest. All of the awards ceremonies, I mean I'm sure they're fun for people, but they have no meaning to me.

Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess.

I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money."

I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet.

I think the Internet has real potential for building community. People all around the world talking to each other can't be a bad thing.

If the wind and rain could play guitar, they would sound a lot like Doc Watson

My job as a songwriter is to write good songs.

I don't think that good politics ever excuse a bad song.

I'm reaching out my hand. I hope you are too. I just want to be in the dark with you.

Because no matter what they say, you always have a choice. You just don’t always have the guts to make it.

I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.

My suggestion for a fast style upgrade would be to embrace a pop of color or pattern. Try layering a bright, pullover knit on top of a dress shirt with a subtle or bold pattern.

I have to do what I'm supposed to do with my life. Don't think less of me.

I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.

We have the knowledge, resources, and capabilities to make global capitalism work in a more inclusive and socially responsible manner while retaining - indeed enhancing - its economic benefits.

Twi-moms! I love them, the little cougars!

Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and profits are going up.

No man was ever lost except for one reason: having once left his ground he has let himself become too permanently settled abroad.

Race, to me, is a very blurry thing.