The things that I loved about Bob's [Dylan] music - and I describe him in the book as the father of my country, which he really is - were things that just didn't fit when I went to do my job. You know, I'd come out of a somewhat different circumstance and shoes - the clothes just didn't fit.

An audience is not brought to you or given to you; it's something that you fight for.

Time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of glory days.

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

I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them.

You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.

I had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.