A dream of life comes to me, like a catfish dancing on the end of the line.

The poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand back and let it all be.

I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18.

I don't know many artists who are not crazy.

Someday girl, I don't know when, were gonna get to the place where we really want to go, and we'll walk in the sun. But til then, tramps like us, baby, we were born to run.

I tend to be pessimistic. I want to believe in hope.

I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up - either religious or social laws - become meaningless.