I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

I tried to convey to the boy how people’s lives are often altered by curved lines read slowly from paper, sand, or stone.

It takes time, or does time take it?

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

God is never in a hurry, but God is never late

This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers.

Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't super achievers is taking advantage of those breaks.

Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates.

The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.

Maybe life is a process of trading hopes for memories.