I'm sick of giving creeps money off my soul.

I've never been able to understand the seriousness of it all, the seriousness of pride. People talk, act, live as if they're never going to die. And what do they leave behind? Nothing. Nothing but a mask.

Any real Bob Dylan fan would sleep with Jonah Lehrer.

My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune.

A song is like a dream, and you try to make it come true. They're like strange countries that you have to enter.

Once I went into songwriting, I figured I had to - I couldn't be a hellfire rock 'n' roller. But I could write hellfire lyrics.

Mama, put my guns in the ground, I can't shoot them anymore. That long black cloud is coming down.