Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.

Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up being quite a musical experience either way.

When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.

You know hearts these days are cheap.

Music doesn't tell you where to go. It says, go find your own place. That's what it told me.

I've always loved the fact that Bob's [Dylan] been able to sustain his mystery over 50 or 60 years.

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.