Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

That is the true joy of being a solo artist. I can do whatever I want. I can go wherever I want. I can show up with my guitar and my song, and it can sound a hundred different ways. That's the freedom of being on your own. The flipside is: That's you on the cover. If it sucks, it's your fault.

I find writing the darker side, writing tragedy, a lot easier than writing happiness. Happiness is just less psychologically compelling, isn't it?

I go five steps in the garden, and I immediately lose track of time... it is a kind of joy in being alive in being in the world. I always found that in the garden. That is what it means to me.

I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.