I'm the kind of person, I think a lot about everything. Nothin' I can do about it. It's like, I'm a thinkin' fool. That's a big part of me.

You may not be able to hit all the notes. That's OK. You may not have the clearest tone. You may not have the greatest range. But if you can inhabit your song, you can communicate.

It was like Elvis came along and whispered some dream in everybody's ear

The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

At night I wake up with my sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head.

The different social forces that affected my parents' lives or my friends' lives or I saw around me became essential for me to write about.

We said we'd walk together baby come what may.That come the twilight should we lose our way.If as we're walkin a hand should slip free,I'll wait for you And should I fall behind,Wait for me.