I've run into people in my life who were so dramatic; people who are so extreme and so frustrating to be around that you end up thinking about them and talking about them for literally years after your experience with them is over.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.

introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness

What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer - there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I'm a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.

Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.

I try not to think about legacy because it is all ­folly. If you study history, even recent history, you'll find many people who were quite significant in their time but are completely forgotten.

She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.