"Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?'"

"I think there must be a place inside of us where dreams go and wait their turn."

"A lot of time you write out of some unconscious place. I try to trust what is coming and where it wants to take me."

"I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart."

"I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs."

"The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd."

"Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time."

"Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces."