It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

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.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

Seeing you sleeping peacefully on your back among your stuffed ducks, bears and basset hounds, would remind me that no matter how good the next day might be, certain moments were gone forever because we could not go backwards in time.

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

I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart, your sense of humor, every faculty available to you...because no one has the right to take the life of another human being.