A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.

For most of my relationships, I would have liaisons, and I would feel guilty.

The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating.

I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all.

Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts.

... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.

I don't believe in karma.