There's always that moment when you realize what it's going to be. You might have an overarching theme and you need to fill in the blanks - and then there's this "Aha" moment when you see where it's going. That's the most satisfying part of writing.

But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting.

Being in Vietnam changed him [Johnny Cash] fundamentally. He was devastated when we went into Iraq.

I have learned to be steady in my course of love, or fear, or loneliness, rather than impulsive in its wasting, either lyrically or emotionally.

Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.

I needed to carve out my own place and find out what I was going to do

If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end