There's lots of flaws and frailties and cracks in the armor, and nobody wants to put themselves out there as some kind of Joan of Arc because none of us can live up to that, but I'm grateful to be a role model and be respected because I have a whole slew of people, men and women, that I feel the same way about.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.

When it's a funky uptempo song, you're basically having the same kind of release you would have when you have sex, only it lasts longer. Whether you're playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you're in that moment.

I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that's a blessing and a responsibility that I take very seriously.

Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.