But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

You're better than no one and no one is better than you.

If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself

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

So, I don't know. I think so. It's all in the heart, whatever keeps you that way. Keeps you forever young. Forever young doesn't necessarily mean that you don't grow old, but you just have some contact with what put you where you are. You know, keep some type of contact. Anyway...

My best songs were written very quickly. Just about as much time as it takes to write it down is about as long as it takes to write it...In writing songs I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie...It's not me, it's the songs. I'm just the postman, I deliver the songs...I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.