When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.

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.

I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question.

You’re a cow Give me some milk Or else go home

Don't do cocaine. Don't race trains. And avoid AIDS situations.

In meditation, when your mind becomes perfectly still and calm, you will experience the golden light of eternity.

The archiving industry, much like the funeral industry and the wedding industry, these industries can be very exploitative.

You learn that Hollywood has its own rules, sometimes. And it's tricky, and sometimes you can't see what's coming around the corner.

The hope in radio is to build an audience over a number of years, a slow build to see if something works.

Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it.

Perhaps it does not matter so very much what it is one loves in this world. But love something one must.

People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament.