My songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded and the way they were recorded is the old Nashville way ... they sound as country or more country than a lot of things that are on country radio.

Most pleasures, like flowers when gathered die.

My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom and dad.

Let's roll for justice, let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth.

We had the Vietnam War in the '60s, and there was a draft. The students didn't believe in it, and it unified them.

Mothers need to know what they are feeding their children. They need the freedom to make educated choices at the market.

I think in some ways - only in some ways - but in some ways, rock and roll has let me down. It really doesn't leave you a way to grow old gracefully and continue to work.