If God's got a favorite songwriter, I think it's John Prine.

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert

I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.

Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Roy Orbison was one of the genuinely nicest persons I've ever known. With one of the most beautiful voices in the history of recorded music he could easily have had an opera star's ego, but he was one of the humblest, kindest, sweetest human beings to grace this planet. This in spite of the enormous tragedies in his life. A brave, beautiful blessing of a man.

The heart is what matters most of all