I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.

I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've never had that. Life is like a song to me. I just hear everything in music, so I have never once thought "Well, I'm never gonna be able to write again." I've got thousands of songs.

The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.

Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.

You never know what's going to happen to you when you head out into the big world. And when you get older, you don't know how you're going to be thought of or seen.

You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.

For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.