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Got to kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight

I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name was Richard Nixon, only now I'm a girl.'

There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate.

All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am.

And I'm wondering where the lions are.

In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws.

Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy.

If you don't keep learning and growing, you're going to stagnate.

I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm travelling toward light.

Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else.

Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same.

Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes.

The trouble with normal is it only gets worse.

Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.

'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience.

The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.

When you know even for a moment
That it's your time
Then you can walk with the power
Of a thousand generations

All these years of thinking, ending up like this: In front of all this beauty, understanding nothing.

It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one.

The invitation for artists to compete to see who can be the most charitable is a wonderful thing.

One day you're waiting for the sky to fall, The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all.

Male female slave or free; peaceful or disorderly; maybe you and he will not agree; but you need him to show you new ways to see.

The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.

But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one.

'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.

I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been.