You can beat the drum so hard that people stop listening. I wanted to use my voice wisely and not expend it wastefully.

We've got no fairytale ending, in God's hands our fate is complete. Your heaven's here in my heart, our love's this dust beneath my feet.

I don't know many artists who are not crazy.

The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.

Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend. I wanna guard your dreams and visions.

I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people feel like that. And I believe that it ain't over till it's over.

The Catholic religion at the time was much darker and more mysterious. The entire mass was in Latin. The church was - if you go to my church now, it's incredibly bright inside. But at - when I was young, it was very dark inside. And it was just the difference in the way that they've painted it since I've gone there. And it strives for a very different and welcoming spirit.