Don't run back inside, darlin', you know just what I'm here for. So you're scared and you're thinkin' we ain't that young any more...Show a little faith! There's magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're all right.

Did God make man in a breath of holy fire, or did he crawl on up out of the muck and mire?

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

My soul is lost, my friend, tell me how do I begin again? My city's in ruins, my city's in ruins.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

Just sitting around waiting for my life to begin, while it was all just slipping away.

Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.