For the ones who had a notion, A notion deep inside, That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these badlands

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.

Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley through the middle of my soul.

Nothing matters in the whole wide world when you're in love with a Jersey girl.

The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

You need two things to remain very, very present. You need to continue to write well and engage yourself in the issues of the day. And you have to continue to make good, relevant records.