Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled Down through the long loneliness of the world Until we behold the pain, become the pearl

When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment.

I do feel a little embarrassed and ashamed that I was sort of saying, "Oh, yes, I used to do country music, but I didn't inhale." Which is not true at all. I inhaled the hell out of country music.

I love singing. The joy of singing live - I don't think I will ever stop that.

Simplicity can intensify the emotion.

I'm not going out there and doing the same material every night. I have this amazing audience of fans who have been listening to me, some of them since 1975.

It's just a sound, and a feeling that's in the music. And you either hear it and appreciate it, or you don't.