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

The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both.

Patriotism can be good or bad. Knee-jerk patriotism can be very bad. I'm patriotic almost to the point of self-consciousness, but I love my country the way I love a friend or a child who I would correct if she was going the wrong way. Who I expect the very best from.

The best way to catch a horse is to build a fence around it.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

I have my own biography of Gram Parsons - I don't want to be part of somebody else's.

It takes a certain amount of courage to let the field lie fallow until you have something to say.