Suddenly I found you and the spirit in me sings, Don't have to look no further, You're the soul of many things.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Technology is mechanical and contrary to the emotions that inform a person's life. The country music field has especially been hit hard by this. All my songs have been written by people who went out of fashion years ago. Just like da Vinci and Renoir and van Gogh. Nobody paints like that anymore. But it can't be wrong to try.

If I had wings, no one would ask me: should I fly?

Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood Let the smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground.

I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.

It was [meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy] like looking at my mirror image.