Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.

Music isn't just for professionals. We delegate all of our music and our dancing and our art to professionals. It's silly. We should be doing our own dancing and drawing.

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No ones illegal. They should just be able to come.

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

Your musical soul is like facets of a jewel, and you stick out one facet at a time ... (and) I tend to work real hard on whatever it is I do, to get it up to speed, up to a professional level. I tend to bury myself in one thing for years at a time.

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

Ninety-nine percent of singing is listening and hearing, and so then 1 percent of it is singing.