It's mighty funny. The end of time has just begun.

I'm not a playwright. The people in my songs are all me.

Along with some of the worst music of Bob Dylan's career ("Self-Portrait," 1970), this period produced some gems - including many songs recorded with The Band in '67 but not released until years later.

I've been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, Okay, you've been up on the mountain, now you go down. You're on your own, free. Check in later, but now you're on your own.

I lost my one true love. I started drinking.

They self-inflict punishment on their own broken lives, put their faith in their possessions, in their jobs, or their wives.

Gotta head full of ideas that are driving me insane.