I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.

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

I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.

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

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.

As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble.

I think everyone's voice is unique. Although sometimes when you listen to the radio, it makes you wonder.