Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes. I'm going to look stupid. I'm going to say things I want to retract. I'm going to sing notes I wish I could have back, there's just no getting around the stumble, but if you stumble enough times you're going to fall off the edge and have no choice but to freakin' fly.

If you're gonna live, then live it up.

People say, "How do you write songs?" I say, "Patience." I may have a track that's hot, but no words. I'll just let it sit for years, because I know they're going to meet. They'll find it.

Folk is bare bones music.

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.

Life's the longest picture you're ever gonna take.