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.

The greatest sin is carelessness.

I've got this weird body chemistry that I don't like to get high. I'm not going to say I never tried drugs. I tried most everything. I didn't try injectables. But I didn't like it.

I can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me.

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

Everywhere you go, there's a soundtrack. You can't really quite hear it. It's just a little out of the range of hearing.