I want a love like Johnny and June Rings of fire burnin' with you I wanna walk the line, walk the line Til' the end of time I wanna love, lov….

When Shakespeare doesn't feel like Shakespeare, it's the best..

Courage is always rewarded..

Everything is expressed through RELATIONSHIPS..

I'm sure you're always working in your head, but when you're actually physically working, you're in your studio, right? For me, it changes all the ti….

Songwriting is a craft. Writing good songs on a a consistent basis doesn not happen spontaneously. In fact, most of our best songwriters learned to w….

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through..

It's better to copulate than not..

The Gospel is a gospel of power or it is nothing at all..

Confidence is the greatest friend..

I always sing Adele in the shower. But everyone should know you never sing an Adele song in public because no one's better than Adele..

I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington..

I find that complete trust and subsequent courage galvanizing and inspiring..

You learn a lot about each other from a tour, musically and humanly..

When you write a song you're more or less saying, "This is everyone. I think this is everyone." It doesn't necessarily have to be this thing where I ….

somebody/ anybody sing a black girl's song bring her out to know herself to know you but sing her rhythms carin/ struggle/ hard times sing her song o….

What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something..

I am nobody but myself..

I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted lyrics that would connect with as many people as pos….

So you see, you can't do everything alone..

The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever..