“You write these songs which are really dear to you about your family o...” — Mat Kearney Quote

“You write these songs which are really dear to you about your family or friends, loved ones, and then you get this call, and they say, 'It's perfect for two vampires making out in the back of a car.' It's some random TV show, and so I say, 'Oh, yeah, perfect - that's what I meant it for.'”

“I never got too specialized but did like the Southern Gothic writers like William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.”

“I would sit in my dorm room and write songs. I loved it. I was learning to sing and play guitar. I was becoming a musician. I was the beginner who somehow could write a song.”

“Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.”

“There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.”

“My dear husband, Richard, has been the driving force behind my success and rise to whatever level I am now. My story and legacy is incomplete without his mention.”