I like spiritual songs. They struck me as truthful and serious. They brought me down to earth and they lifted me up all in the same moment.

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" [of Bob Dylan] captures, in word-salad format, life in an encroaching police state.

An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he's AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you're constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you'll sort of be alright.

The land of milk and honey, they say it is the land of money.

Little red wagon, little red bike, I ain’t no monkey but I know what I like.

His [Bob Dylan] humour was dry and splendid.