I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen.

I didn't like the sound of people gasping at the mere mention of my name. It horrified me...

Once I got the open tunings for some reason, I began to get the harmonic sophistication that I heard that my musical fountain inside was excited by. Once I got some interesting chords to play with, my writing began to come.

The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for nature.

Love is a very hard feeling to keep alive. It's a very fragile plant.

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

I still believe in the power of the word, that words inspire.