If I could have any job in the world, I'd start out by writing a blog on Wired.com.

My favorite politician was Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who reminded me of Tom Mix, and there wasn't any way to explain that to anybody.

You better start swimming, or you'll sink like a stone. Because the Time's they are a-changing.

People are going to say, ‘Well, it’s not very truthful.’ But a songwriter doesn’t care about what’s truthful. What he cares about is what should’ve happened, what could’ve happened. That’s its own kind of truth. It’s like people who read Shakespeare plays, but they never see a Shakespeare play. I think they just use his name.

Aretha with no goals, eternally single & one step soft of heaven/ let it be understood that she owns this melody along with her emotional diplomats & her earth & her musical secrets

Wiggle 'til you're high, wiggle 'til you're higher, wiggle 'til you vomit fire.

I'm mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it's the only place where I'm happy.