You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.

Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.

How many deaths will it take 'till we know that too many people have died?

Whatever colors you have in your mind, I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine.

Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem.

[Bob] Dylan crashed his motorcycle in 1967, and almost died. A few years ago, he referred to the experience as a "transfiguration."

Romance never does go out of fashion. It's radical. But it's out of step with the current media culture.