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" It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got. "

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" The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that. "

" Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s. "

" I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger. "

" The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something. "

" However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it. "

" I try to conduct my life with a little levity. "

" That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. "

" I wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had. "

" Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people. "

" Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault. "

" A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music. "

" I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more. "

" When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire. "

" Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings. "

" There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world. "

" A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate. "

" I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business. "

" I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long! "

" Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes. "

" I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing. "

" I have yet to write that one song that defines my career. "

" Where I fit in is confusing to me. "

" Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life. "

" The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience. "

" I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled. "

" You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do. "

" I don't really cringe over any of my albums. "

" The beauty of having a producer is that you have someone who says, You're finished. "

" No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere. "

" I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song. "