I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.

Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you.

I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine, to hit me from behind, and I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.

People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.

Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.