The rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame, preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain.

There's only one day at a time here, then it's tonight and then tomorrow will be today again.

If you choose to live outside the law, you must obey the law more stringently than anyone.

People tell me it's a sin, to know and feel too much within.

I play these [folk acoustic] concerts and I ask myself, 'Would you come see me tonight?' - and I'd have to answer truthfully, 'No, I wouldn't come. I'd rather be doin' something else, really I would. That something else is rock... The words are pictures, and the rock's gonna help me flesh out the colors of the pictures. (1965)

Having hits buries a singer in the past. A lot of singers hide in the past because it's safer back there. If you've ever heard today's country music, you'll know what I'm talking about.

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