I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people feel like that. And I believe that it ain't over till it's over.

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

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

I think 1960s small-town America was very Lynchian. Everything was there, but underneath, everything was rumbling.

My soul is lost, my friend, tell me how do I begin again? My city's in ruins, my city's in ruins.

Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear.

I never start with a political point of view. I believe that your politics are emotionally and psychologically determined by your early experiences.