You always will be singing a song or humming a line or a melody..

The whales do not sing because they have an answer, they sing because they have a song..

To make a song is a gift, and once it's done it keeps evolving and changing and becomes a tool to interact with other people. It's like a conversatio….

I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sin….

The same people in the Congress who are busy kicking holes in the social safety net are also those who would sell off the nation's forests for a song….

Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song.

I'm a very conceptual writer..

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years..

I'm not against the Hanukkah songs. I like Hanukkah songs. I grew up with Hanukkah songs. I'm not opposed to Hanukkah or the songs that accompany it,….

Blues songs, like folk songs, are a continuous stream, and catching the continuities and thefts is part of what puts meaning and complexity into it -….

Oh, Daisy, it's revolting the way I want to fawn all over him. I'm afraid I'm going to do something dreadfully silly today. Burst into song or someth….

It's OK to not be OK - just don't stay there..

I'd rather work to live than live to work..

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating..

People were like, "Someone who made a song like this, there has to be more to them. I'm interested in hearing how they would describe something else.….

We're endangered by our own success..

Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work.".

The highlight of my career? That's easy, Elvis recording one of my songs..

People do accuse me of being just decorative or an escapist - well I am. That's what I do. I am other things as well. I transcend the song and give i….

It was dark and misty for 2 weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing. Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote….

We can use music as a tool to overcome things. It was a beautiful age and realization for me, an awakening. I felt like my eyes were opened. It was l….