Somebody else does the rigor and then I listen. I have an assistant, and my manager, and other people who hunt and find and send it to me, and then I just figure out which ones I can do justice to.

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

God must have something to do with joy ... and with sadness.

Sometimes I get lonesome for a storm. A fullblown storm where everything changes.

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.