At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away.

When you’re young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

I was interviewed for a Grammy television show, and they asked me about Nashville, and I talked for three minutes and when I finished, I was teared up. The whole room was crying. Nashville has given me a home, where I never had a home before.

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.