I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

If you fall, I will catch you. I will be waiting, time after time.

Your own shoes are hard enough to fill, but somebody else's are even tougher.

I do have a lot of difficulty figuring out what I want to be working on, but what's the alternative? To be one of those people who has a million things they want to do, and then never does any of them? And then where will you be?

My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.

When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead

I lose faith and I lose ground, but then I see you and remember unconditional love.