I don't think there's ever been any music quite like what we came up with..

I was offered to take over for Reba in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' but it wasn't where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my show….

Life is simple yet complex, in the complexity we realize everything is simple for we create our own happiness, our own sadness & our own destiny by n….

I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived, but to learn how t….

I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that's a ….

I don't want to discredit people's opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where you have to learn tons of chords, ….

It's very personal in California to live within hours, and sometimes just a few miles, of earthquake faults when nuclear plants were being built..

There are so many people out there working with great grassroots and global and national organizations that are unsung heroes to me..

Maybe the idea of me is more powerful than I perceive myself being..

I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist..

How I measure success is getting to make another record and being able to the come back to the same town and play again cause you sold out the last t….

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star..

Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part..

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool..

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make..

It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you..

My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad..

We can live in fear or act out of hope..

I'm happy to have been a positive influence..

I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th..

Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnigh….