Documenting one's life in the midst of living it is a strange pursuit.

When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming.

You stand in front of a great painting and your heart just opens and your mind expands about what's possible. That, to me, is a connection to what God is.

War is idiocy. We live on a small, small planet, and what we do to others is what we do to ourselves

I needed to carve out my own place and find out what I was going to do

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.

I don't do comparisons because I always lose.

Every person's every action has an effect.

It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.

More and more, I see myself as a folk musician, and someone who values context.

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

I adhere to the religion of art and music and small children.

If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end

It was never too late to undo who you had become.

For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

Reading inspirational and motivational quotes daily is like taking my vitamins.

Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.

The key to change is to let go of fear.