There were decades I didn't play sober. I thought, Who would want to? But at some point, I decided that if it was important enough to me to keep doing it as art, I should do it with all my tools.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.

Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and the downtrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like Abraham Lincoln with a wild side. He represented the best of America.

I've been a radical for a long time. I guess it's too bad. I'd be more marketable as a right-wing redneck.

The only reality is in the moment. What you are doing counts.

Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.

I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.

If you can't get out of something, get into it.

To surrender is not giving up the struggle, but finding peace within the struggle.

The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.

When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be.

I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the movie. I like that.

I think reading the novels definitely was a good source for me to study from.

Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.

The more I swear I'm happy the more I'm feeling alone

Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock.

Are we going to fire the father to hire the son? We want to create jobs for young people, but not at the expense of others.