If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.

There's only one God. Call him whatever you want

Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it's a bad idea to fish downstream from Bob Dylan.

Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything.

Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. 'Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.' And I said, 'Right.'

Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren't famous, and a lot of famous people aren't important.

Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault.