The government has to spend money during a recession, because their spending is our earning.

I was never bored because I always had a book. So I had a doorway into another world or another universe. It was great.

Mainly, when I ran into Emmylou Harris, that was it, you know? We could finish each other's sentences musically, and personally, too. We have a very shared, similar sensibility. And that was a friendship that really opened up a tremendous number of musical doors for me.

I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.

I'm a chameleon. I can change my voice a lot. I always was able to, because in my family's music I was a harmony singer, and harmony singing is really hard.

Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight, someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight.

Up until about a hundred years ago, the world was dark at night. You got to have a real night so you could sleep.