The light of the moon is all we've got to go on...

You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

In this world, you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings.

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.

Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.

Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?

We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.

Was it a light only she could see? A gypsy's spell? A mystery?

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world- Can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby

The purpose of life is the lesson.

We’re constantly presented with opportunity, or the opportunity to create opportunity.

Amy Poehler and I once ambushed people and made them sing Christmas carols with us.

You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is not too hard to play the game.

The Church does not dictate the policies of the nation. The Church proclaims the truth of God to which all these policies must conform.

One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.

Just smile for me and let the day begin.

Looks fade,' Mom would go on. 'But intelligence lasts forever.

Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.

slept all night in the cedar grove, i was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin' for the holy grail, but there ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails