I was born when I met you, now I'm dying to forget you.

I believe that writing for me is in a way like wisdom; in that as soon as you feel like you've got it figured out you stop growing and maybe even los….

The purpose of it all is love..

There is a creator and a redeemer, and the purpose of it all is love..

If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write a song it was so that I would have something to s….

I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world - You're on this side, I….

You can't change people, but most importantly, unless you're their momma, you don't even know what's best for them..

Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes..

You know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first loss, usually you suffer….

There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound vintage or retro. I….

When I was younger, I was always running into other girls involved in music. When I was about 14 or 15, one of my friend's dads was an Elvis imperson….

The first thing I think of when I think about coming to Las Vegas and playing is always Elvis; its always the first thing on my mind..

Singing is a form of meditation... apparently the only one that I have command over..

Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you're sane..

I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing..

All of these lines across my face, tell you the story of who I am. So many stories of where I've been and how I got to where I am..

I used to turn to nature and animals a lot. And fishing. I spend time still with my Bible and the gospel music, and I still have to feed the animals!….

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians..

People that could yodel always fascinated me. People that could sing loud always fascinated me. So I started trying to mimic at a really young age: 6….

People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is told through song..

I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as rol….