Sometimes the fragment of a conversation, the color of the sky, the image in a dream, has everything to do with where the song begins.

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.

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

He [Johnny Cash] was so fragile. We invaded Iraq in March, and he died in September. And because his health was so fragile, he couldn't take the controversy of making a public statement against the war. He knew that people were rabid. They attacked me mercilessly after I did the press conference with Musicians United to Win Without War. He knew that he couldn't tolerate that.

I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience.

I adhere to the religion of art and music and small children.

With time the unbearable becomes shocking, becomes sad, and finally becomes poignant.