The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds - the cemeteries - and they're a cold proposition, one of the best things there are here. Going by, you try to be as quiet as possible, better to let them sleep. Greek, Roman, sepulchres- palatial mausoleums made to order, phantomesque, signs and symbols of hidden decay - ghosts of women and men who have sinned and who've died and are now living in tombs. The past doesn't pass away so quickly here. You could be dead for a long time

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.

Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street.

There are no truths outside the Gates of Eden.

I bargained for salvation and they gave me a lethal dose.

When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud, I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.

The cards are no good that your are holding unless you're from another world.