Conservative forces in the South have a lot of power - almost dynastic - dating back many years.

You learn to present dark things without including their ability to harm, treasuring them for what they are.

Anything that is within you is a gift. To be able to take possession of that and say, "Whatever it is, I am bigger than it," is to learn to cherish even the hard and painful things.

I don't like to say, "Oh, I don't like this kind of music." I like to listen to it and try to see what people who like it get out of it.

You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.

There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.

I'm sort of a cavedweller: I miss my house, my yard, my kitchen, my wife. The trees. When I get home, I like to get down into my office neighborhood as soon as I can.