Sometimes love don't feel like it should, you make it hurt so good.

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

So strange that David Drucker of all people was the only one who said the exact right thing: Your dad shouldn't have died. That's really unfair.

You should choose your battles if you can, but if the battle chooses you then kick the sod in his fuse box!

Give me the strength to lead, for I fear otherwise we may hang ourselves.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

The key is to figure out what you want out of life, not what you want out of your career.

I'm in the unfortunate position of having to consider other people's feelings

Ever eat so much you feel sick? Isn't that the best?

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

The number of illegal firings tripled during the [Ronald] Reagan years. It was at that time that you started getting these companies that specialized in how to destroy unions.