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"I am very grateful for all the opportunities life has given me."

"My mission in life is to be kind, compassionate, caring, sharing and loving in order to feel the deepest joy of life."

"The spirit of life, the spirit of peace."
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"Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me."

"Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music."

"I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human."

"If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out."

"Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing."

"I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things."

"I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash."

"Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money."
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