“To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.”

“The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.”

“It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.”

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”

“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”

“Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.”

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

“Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature.”