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.

When I was very, very young, I decided that I was gonna catalogue my times because that's what other people who I admired did. That's what Bob Dylan did, that's what Frank Sinatra did, Hank Williams did, in very different ways.

You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.

The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out.

You ride in a limousine the first time, it's a big thrill but after that it's just a stupid car.

They say "ya gotta stay hungry"... Hey Baby...I'm just about starvin' tonight!

For one kiss, darling, I swear everything I would give. Cause you're a walking, talking reason to live.