Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes.

Politics is a part of life and art is about life. It doesn't mean that all the art has to be about politics - in fact, heaven forbid. But politics is a totally legitimate area of focus for any art, whether it's painting or songwriting or anything else, as much as sex is, as much as spirituality is, as much as any other behavior of people is.

There are so many people I love in the United States, and I've had such great adventures in this country and have been so well received by people here.

One day you're waiting for the sky to fall, The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all.

In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws.

The trouble with normal is it always gets worse, fashionable fascism dominates the scene.

My models for graceful aging are guys like John Lee Hooker and Mississippi John Hurt, who never stopped working till they dropped, as I fully expect to be doing, and just getting better as musicians and as human beings.