It's time to impeach the president and get a man in there to get us out of this mess.

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

I studied other singers, so I would learn how to phrase, and learn how to breathe. And the main thing was, I learned how to inhabit my song.

You weren't supposed to hear Elvis Presley. You weren't supposed to hear Jerry Lee Lewis. You weren't supposed to hear Robert Johnson. You weren't supposed to hear Hank Williams. And they told the story of the secret America.

The first thing that I do when I come out every night is to look at the faces in front of me, very individually.

At the end of every hard day, people find some reason to believe.

You ride in a limousine the first time, it's a big thrill but after that it's just a stupid car.