Rod's a great singer. He's got a great voice, but there's no point to put a 30-piece orchestra behind him. I'm not going to knock anybody's right to make a living but you can always tell if somebody's heart and soul is into something, and I didn't think Rod was into it in that way.

The only person you have to think about lying twice to is either yourself or to God. The press isn't either of them. And I just figured they're irrelevant.

Fortune or fame, you must pick one or the other, though neither of them are to be what they claim.

You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future.

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.

It will scramble your head and drag your brain about, sometimes you gotta do like Elvis did and shoot the damn thing out.

The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived, when truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe.