Every time I'm home from tour I try to write some new songs, but it can get really hard trying to keep up with normal life, I always get so behind..

The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's is a clarion call, And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute, But I love him best of all. For his so….

I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending..

When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and w….

I was going through a period where I was just trying not to write songs and was thinking maybe I wouldn't play in a band and make records anymore..

I tend to write songs fast, so the process usually only lasts around 30 minutes. In the studio is where I really can artistically breathe, and let my….

I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in. I've always loved music. Started….

I am saying what comes out, because I'm really not a methodical writer. I'm not a good building writer, where you are like "well, I going to make a s….

When I choose material for an album all these songs I grew up with pour into my head..

I remember the audition process for Xena: Warrior Princess; I was driving there and I was listening to The Cranberries' "Dreams," so I was thinking o….

Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it..

A song was heard at Christmas To wake the midnight sky: A saviour's birth, and peace on earth, And praise to God on high. The angels sang at Christma….

I think there's thousands of good songs in the world - the songs that we can all sing along to, songs that are just so catchy they end up being in yo….

I've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed... I have sung my songs all over the world and everywhere found that some common bond mak….

Then I played the song that hides in the center of me. That wordless music that moves through the secret places in my heart. I played it carefully, s….

I feel very strongly about letting people know I'm proud of who I am. I want people to know when they hear my songs it's coming from a specific place….

In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep si….

I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom or the words that might inspire hope and courage in the face of….

She had heard Papa sing so many songs about the heart; the heart that was breaking - was aching - was dancing -was heavy laden - that leaped for joy ….

If it is a good song, it is a good song. The Beatles were pop, the beach boys were pop and it's the best music of all time..

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way..